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      Korolyov: the town where rockets were built

      ⏱ 6 h🚶 3.2 km + 🚆🍽 2📍 6 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      Half a day with kids in the science city of Korolyov: the space hall of the city museum, monuments to Korolyov and Gagarin, a park and plov.

      👶 With kids🏛 History and architecture🚆 Out of town
      👶 7–12, 13+ years · ✓ stroller-friendly

      At Yaroslavsky Station and in Podlipki the platforms are high and the crossing is by stairs. In town the pavements and park paths are level.

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      Getting there
      🏛 Yaroslavsky Station
      Комсомольская пл., 5
      A good time to leave is around 09:30. Star City and the RSC Energia museum admit only groups with passes (apply 3–4 weeks ahead), so this route is without passes
      🚆 by suburban train to Space Conquerors Square and the Korolev and Gagarin Monument
      Train from Yaroslavsky Station to Podlipki-Dachnye every 10–15 min, ≈35 min (REX — 26 min, for example at 09:55), then 10 min on foot from the station
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        🏛 Space Conquerors Square and the Korolev and Gagarin Monument
        Королёв, сквер Покорителей космоса (у ДК им. Калинина)
        A 2017 monument based on the famous photograph of Gagarin and Korolev; the sculptor worked out every fold of the clothing.
        Gagarin and Korolyov, from the famous joint photograph
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        Space Conquerors Square and the Korolev and Gagarin Monument
        © Андрей Субботин · CC BY 3.0
        Space Conquerors Square and the Korolev and Gagarin Monument
        © P.Fisxo · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The House of Culture by which the square is laid out is named after Mikhail Kalinin, in whose honour the city was called Kaliningrad from 1938 to 1996.
        • On 8 July 1996 the city was renamed Korolev in honour of Sergey Korolev, who led OKB-1 here.
        • Since 12 April 2001, Cosmonautics Day, Korolev has had the status of a science city.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🖼 Korolev History Museum, “Modern History of the City” Department
        Королёв, ул. Терешковой, 1
        🎟 ticket
        How the dacha settlement of Podlipki became the capital of cosmonautics: a space hall with models of rockets and spacecraft, a technological model of the first satellite, a recreated design bureau.
        Open Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00, closed Mon–Tue. The space hall: models of rockets and spacecraft, a model of the first satellite, a recreated design bureau; the museum runs tours and workshops for children
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        Korolev History Museum, “Modern History of the City” Department
        © Александр Сигачёв · CC0
        • Podlipki arose as a dacha settlement in the late 19th century, and a railway station opened here in 1895.
        • In 1918 the Ordnance Plant was moved to Podlipki from Petrograd.
        • The settlement had three names: Kalininsky from 1928, the city of Kaliningrad from 1938 and Korolev from 1996.
        • The museum is part of the “Museums of the Science City of Korolev” association.
      4. 🚶 on foot
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        🌳 Korolev Central City Park
        Королёв, Центральный городской парк
        🚪 entrance from Tereshkovoy Street
        A city park with rides and playgrounds for different ages.
        Rides and playgrounds — a breather after the museum
      6. 🚶 on foot
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        🍽 Dyushes restaurant in Korolyov · 🧸 play area
        Королёв, Пионерская ул., 33а
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        About 500 m south of Central Park. A children’s play zone and animators, and on weekends there are sometimes cooking workshops for kids. The restaurant is big and can be noisy in the evenings.
        🍴 A restaurant of Azerbaijani and European cuisine with a kids' play area. The restaurant's website advertises entertainers, cooking workshops for children and high chairs for toddlers. Try: charcoal-grilled meat and fish, and dishes from the kids' menu for children.
      8. 🚶 on foot
      9. 5
        🍽 Plovnaya No. 1 Restaurant
        Королёв, ул. Циолковского, 29Г
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        Lunch: plov and samsa, served in national tableware. On Friday evenings there is live music and it’s busy
        🍴 An Uzbek restaurant with traditional tableware and reasonable prices. What to order: plov (rice pilaf), lagman (noodle soup), chuchvara (small dumplings), samsa (baked pastry).
      10. 🚶 on foot
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        🏛 S. P. Korolev Monument on Korolev Avenue
        Королёв, просп. Королёва
        A monument of 1988: the Chief Designer in swift motion, at the start of the avenue named after him.
        The Chief Designer at the start of his avenue
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        S. P. Korolev Monument on Korolev Avenue
        © P.Fisxo · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The monument's author is the sculptor S. A. Shcherbakov.
        • Another monument to Korolev stands on the grounds of the RSC Energia, which bears his name.
        • The city has borne Korolev's name since 8 July 1996; before that it was called Kaliningrad.

      ↩️ Getting back: 15 min on foot to Podlipki-Dachnye station, trains to Yaroslavsky Station every 10–20 min (≈36 min), REX expresses — 26 min (October 2026 timetable)

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