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Welcome
The City of Kaluga
Babynino
Vorotynsk
Svetlitsy
Horse riding
at Svetlitsy
Examples of prices
Baryatino
Borovsk
Betlitsa
Duminichi
Ferzhikovo
Iznoski
Khvastovichi
Kirov
Kozelsk
Kondrovo
Ludinovo
Maloyaroslavets
Medyn
Meshchoyvsk
Koptsevo
Moshonki
Mosal'sk (Mosalsk)
Obninsk
Peremyshl'
Spas-Demensk
Sukhinichi
Tarusa
Ul'yanovo
Yukhnov
Zhizdra
Zhukov
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If travelling to Babynino from Moscow by car, watch for this sign about 25 km
from the turn to Kaluga. Is it just me or does it really look like an
ice-cream cone. |
Moscow is 200km north-east, and Kiev is about 600km south-west. See
notes on travelling from Kaluga to Kiev (and then on to Odessa and
Chisinau) on the
Kaluga page of this site. |
What can possibly entice you to Babynino
No sights or attractions. Not a village, not a city but a perfect example
of "населенный пункт" ("populated point").
Conventional tourists have no reason to visit Babynino. I may,
however, soon have a reason to try to entice you there, thus this page and
this site.
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Since part of this site's mission is to entice
tourists to the Babynino district I will be looking for sites and
attractions in the area. The ancient town of
Vorotynsk is one such a
possibility. Picturesuqe villages of
Koptsevo and
Moshonki are both within
riding distance from Babynino and Svetlitsy..
Meshovks, 40-50 km
from Svetlitsy by car, or 25 or so by
a horse that you can
borrow in Svetlitsy, is the nearest place with a serious potential
to become a tourist destination.
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The Village of Svetlitsy project (see
www.svetlitsy.ru, English page
promised soon) that consists of a cow farming operation, an eco-park
experiments, a horseback riding program, a summer camp for children and
teenagers etc. etc. is perhaps the only thing that may be of interest to
you. Babynino also has dynamic, progressive and otherwise positive local
government that is likely to be open to new ideas. So if you come here with
an idea to settle yourself in Russia, and especially to live the life of a
Russian peasant/farmer/land owner, becoming friends/neighbours with the
Svetlitsy project in the Babynino district, Kaluga region, is worth
considering. Are you a devote Orthodox looking for ways to please your Deity
of choice? Several church restoration projects are under way near Svetlitsy
and, unlike in many other places where sacred buildings are restored by
sponsors that, for all practical purposes, are part of the government, in Babynino and nearby this effort is supported by local population.
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Ask about buying a cheap house in the village, working
holidays, investing into land, learning Russian by immersion...
Direct your enquiries to
contakt@svetlitsy.ru, with a copy to me, to
paul_voytinsky@yahoo.com
or call them at +7-916-627-3933
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Location & getting there
200??? km from Moscow, 45 km from Kaluga, almost on the Moscow to Kiev
highway.
By car just follow Leninsky prospect in Moscow till the turn to Kaluga
(200 km...) and then another ???? km till you see a 70s Soviet era concrete
sign that looks like an icecream cone. [photo] Turn right. Made it.
[Direct bus from Moscow - ask Roma]
[Train from Moscow] Trains to Babynino leave Moscow off the Kiev station
(M. Kiyevskaya). Commuter trains ("elektrichka"0 leave Moscow at 6:05am,
6:51am, 9:58am, 1:52pm, 6:25pm, and 7:34pm. These trains are noisy and
otherwise uncomfortable. If you have a choice, go for Express Trains.
Express trains from Kiyevsky station, Moscow, to Babynino... [or just ot
Kaluga?]
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[Busses from Kaluga]
[taxi from Kaluga]
Where to stay
No hotels in Babynino. The nearest is Motel Ugra, ??? km of the Moscow to Kiev
road, on your left, in the village of Sosnovy Bor (Pine Forest). Rooms start
at 600 roubles ($20-something). I have not myself stayed there but the hotel
is said to be clean and functional. Their telephone, as dialed from Moscow
or from your Moscow-registered cell phone, is 8-4842-755555..
Kaluga, with its at least half a dozen
hotels, is of course an
option.
If you are a guest of Svetlitsy
- nearly all foreigners who find themselves in Babynino are there because of
Svetlitsy - they may provide you with accommodation. Several houses are
likely to be bought soon at the nearby village of Koptsevo, at the other
hand of the Svetlitsy property but in the Meshevsk district, so by the time
you read this putting you up may no longer be a problem.
Train station "Babynino". Note "Glory to the Communist Party" and get
ready to see it on every third gray brick building.
An anti-aesthetics connoisseur's paradise.
Low-tech information exchange systems still used here. You can even by
old-fashioned stencils in the local stationery store.
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