In April 2020, the TV channel "Russia-1" showed the Russian audience the series "Zuulikha opens his eyes", shot on the novel of the novel of Guseli Yakhina and telling about the difficult life of the Tatar woman, after the destruction and death of her husband sent through a platform to Siberia. The shooting of the 8-serial paintings took place in Perm and Arkhangelsk, in the Yaroslavl region and the Moscow region, however, 80% of the material cinematographers were filmed in Tatarstan.
The authorities of the republic decided to create a tourist route, which entered the noteworthy places, which became the arena what was happening in the event of events. About where in Tatarstan, the shooting "Zulikha opens his eyes", will tell the editorial board 24cmi.
Village Semuk.
Among those who are located on the territory of the Republic Tatarstan, the shooting sites of those who loved television viewers immediately after the release of the series is perhaps the most noteworthy of the village of Semuk, located in Laishevsky district. Attention to it is attracted not only by the historicity of the settlement, where all the buildings starting from the office of the commandanttia and up to the laspier and the village club were created in accordance with the era in which the picture takes place.Here, the atmosphere of the harsh pre-war 30s reigns here, as if local inhabitants moved away for a short time, but they should soon return. And this is despite the fact that the village of Semuk was built specifically for the filming of "Zuuleika opens his eyes", and not at all surveyed from the first half of the last century. There was a lot of work on the work of the decorators who worked on the site. Just after the end of the filming of the film, such a scrupulously recreated world, as if descended from black and white, filled with time, pre-war photos, decided not to destroy, and leave as a kind of attraction.
There is a recreated settlement in a semolot of kilometers from Kazan, on the bank of the Kama River. To get to the former set of labor will not submit - almost all the way runs along well asphalted highway. Another argument in favor of visiting this "art object" is a free entrance. Walk between recreated with love and attention to the smallest details of historical buildings. View how our ancestors lived a hundred years ago. And even sit with a fishing rod on a wooden pier. It is possible to make it in the village of Semuk, who aparted his gate for curious guests, both among the fans of the series and those who are interested in the life of past years.
Ethnographic Museum "Tatar Avyla"
Another place where the shooting of the series was held, was located in the Zelenodolsky district of the Republic Ethnographic Museum "Tatar Avyla". In these scenery and starts the storyline of the narration. Here, the decoration of the house of the wealthy peasant, who was honored by the Soviet authorities. An unusual exposure of an open-air, which is a recreated medieval Tatar village, opened in 2009 and became popular among tourists a place where the rural life of local nationalities can be immersed in the Russian life.
It is curious to look into the museum, not only the fans of the series, who decided to take a walk through the objects, became the venues for filming the "Zuulika opens his eyes." After all, there is something to do something and in addition. Guests have the opportunity to make an excursion, ride on a donkey or horse and visit the contact zoo. And also to participate in all sorts of master classes, where it is possible to master the foundations of pottery, leather or blacksmith skill or learn to plow the earth with a horse plow. Even in the museum, it is possible to get into a sweaty in a black bath and acquire various souvenirs and Tatar delicacies.
Kazan.
Removed cinematographers and in Kazan. Here the decorations served as the streets of the historic center of the Republican Capital, as well as the territory and building of the Kazan University. Here, of course, after the filming of the film traces no longer left, but without that in the main city of Tatarstan, a curious tourist will delete what to see. This is the Kazan Kremlin, which is replete with all sorts of museum expositions. And the Annunciation Cathedral, ascended by his dome to the sky. And a peculiar bright cathedral mosque Kul Sharif. And the falling tower of Syumubik with a characteristic architecture. Of course, you should not forget about the mass of monuments that will be a look for tourists on the streets of the Tatar capital.And, of course, it is worth making an excursion, passing through the Kazan Federal University, which is possible to look not only for the architectural features of the university who closeered in Russia, but also to visit the museums on the territory of the educational institution.
Village Mascara
It is worth looking into the small village of Mascar in the Kukmorsky district of Tatarstan - here the cinematographers also noted. In the territory of the settlement there is an inactive mosque, which came to the filming of "Zuulikha opens his eyes." But even besides the religious monument, there will be a lot of interesting for the traveler in the village: historical buildings are preserved here, including the nobility estates and the old boarding school. And the village of Mascara is the birthplace of the ancestors of Chingiza Aitmatov.