My trip home.

In October I have gone to the hometown, Chita. And I would like to tell you about its sights which I visited for that time while I was in the city.

Lenin Square.

Lenin Square – the center of Chita, her heart. As the local historian Alexander Lytsus writes in the article, originally the area was called New cathedral. "In 1983 the monument to Lenin has been built here. His author national artist of the USSR Kibalnikov. The base of a monument was placed on the place of the blown-up Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

After reconstruction the Lenin Square roadbed on corners was decorated by four rostral columns. On their surface 16 memorial boards which have imprinted the most significant events in the history of our city from Pyotr Beketov before restoration of the historical coat of arms of Chita have been established. Architects Victor and Leonid Kuleshi  became authors of these works.

Datsan "Dam of Braybunling"

The Chita datsan "Dam of Braybunling" (in translation from Tibetan — "the place where rice of the doctrine of Buddha") — a large Buddhist monastic complex (datsan) is built. On May 26, 2001 consecration of the place of construction of the Chita datsan has taken place, construction works have begun in 2002. In October, 2007 on the building of datsan attributes of the Buddhist Traditional Sangkha of Russia (BTSR) have been established. In April, 2009 Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Post has published post envelopes with the image of the Chita datsan. Since fall of 2008 prior to the beginning of 2009 from east, western and northern sides of the temple three designs with a carving and a roof from a tile on which have established prayer wheels Khurde have been built. In November, 2009 from Ulan-Ude the two-meter statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, brass figures of lions and a sacrificial vessel censer have been brought to datsan.

The house of Red Army.

The house of Red Army (Officers' Club) in Chita was open on November 1, 1929 and from the very beginning it became the center of cultural and mass work and military patriotic education among the military personnel. Now, with change of the name, the main objectives of the center didn't exchange: cultural and mass service of the military personnel, fostering patriotism the younger generation, and also at all population has cities and edges. Here the Military and historical museum, library, studios of dances, various circles on interests, and also Big and Small concert halls, for holding festive events and concerts work. In July, 2012, the Academic Ensemble of a song and dance of Officers' Club of Zabaykalsky Krai was created here.

Odor's park.

At once behind Officers' Club there is Odor's park. The history of the ODORA park begins with the end of the 19th century. Then it was only nothing the allocated waste ground belonging to the Russian geographical society. However in 1898 when construction of the Transbaikal railroad has made Chita not so remote and inaccessible place, in her it has been decided to hold an exhibition of agricultural achievements of Transbaikalia. And the abandoned waste ground has changed to unrecognizability – a water supply system, young green trees, two ponds, stone and wooden pavilions, small church and model of Buddhist datsan, have grown literally within a year. The place has received the name Garden of VA. Zhukovsky – in honor of the famous poet romantic.

The present name carries the park according to the name of District Officers' Club of the Russian (earlier Soviet) army – ODORA (ODOSA). By the way, if to pass in an arch of Officers' Club, then it is possible to get on an exhibition of the military equipment which is settling down at the very beginning of the ODORA park and to personally see how domestic tank construction developed. Adults can just admire exhibits, and children to surf the armored personnel carrier, tanks, guns and even to glance in the plane. In a distant part of the park as an exhibit there is a boat of the coast guard.

Cathedral of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God.

It is put on December 06, 2001, consecrated on September 26, 2004. The main side-altar is consecrated in honor of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, the right side-altar – in honor of the Saint blessed prince Alexander Nevsky, the left side-altar – in honor of Regal Passion bearers, in a socle of a cathedral there is a temple baptistery for the sake of the Saint prince Vladimir equal to the apostles. Capacity of a cathedral makes 2,5 thousand people. Belltower height – over 60 meters, height of the main dome – 47 meters.
The temple in the Vladimiro-Suzdalsky style inherent in the majority of church structures of an era of blossoming of Orthodoxy in Russia (the XIV-XVI century) is executed.

Titovsky hill.

The Titovsky hill is a complex of the natural archaeological monuments located in the southwest of Chita. The first data on the Titovsky hill and finds on it were found by A. K. Kuznetsov who organized collection of stone products on the place of the parking workshop on a hill slope. After it were carried out some more excavation in this territory. In the 1920th years E. I. Titov was engaged in excavation of medieval burials near a workshop. In the fifties the XX centuries were spent excavation of the parking workshop where picks from horns of animals were found, stone instruments of labor, campfires, and also holes on production of a stone and even rock paintings of an era of bronze are found. The Titovsky hill is the former volcano which activity proceeded more than 240 million years.
It is a unique natural and historical zone in the territory of which there was a set of monuments of history. There is a "ancient" botanical garden which was landed by Chinese about two hundred years ago. In the fall it is especially remarkable. Trees begin to change color, everyone in own way — a poplar redden, aspens and birches turn yellow, fir-trees and pines turn green. From such variety slopes turn out striped. In the middle of the XX century here the man-made text which said "Slava Trudu" was built from these trees. Capital letters had height of 100 meters, and on diagonal — 350 meters. Long time the bottom of a hill had a monument which is a city symbol — the Deer. Now the chapel to which there come newlyweds is in this place, fixing locks with the names on a chapel ogradka.