Untouched by railways and industry, secluded and picturesque Tarusa has inspired many generations of poets and artists. During all seasons, the town enjoys a spectacular location, overlooking the valley of Oka from the river’s taller bank. On a frosty January afternoon, Tarusa’s adults and children are equal participants to a joyful celebration of winter life, composed of skiing, sledging, ice skating, sight-seeing, playing snow balls and jumping into the snow off the willows.
Given the absence of major roads and rail tracks, Tarusa is incredibly well connected internally. Traversing the town is a pleasant 15 minute walk assisted by a series of pedestrian timber bridges helping to overcome the hilly landscape. Throughout this journey one’s attention is captivated by artistic and intricate detailing to houses, sheds and street furniture.
The designer’s of today’s Tarusa are showing much love to the town’s fences and edges: from straw bales used to demarcate the boundaries of a mini ice ring through to children’s paintings decorating the enclosure of a tiny park. Tarusa is full of friendly miniature copies of of features observed in a typical post-Soviet city: roads, ice rings, administrative offices and even the Lenin statue.
One of the reason’s for the town’s preserved beauty is its lack of public transport links. Being in a different federal region, Serpukhov (the nearest major town with a railroad) is only accessible by a small minibus a few times a day. Tarusskaya rail station, across the Oka and also in a different region, deceives with its name because it is not directly accessible at all – unless one dares to cross the by the ice!
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