Russian Travel Alphabet: Shchelykovo
Learn the letter 'Щ' and discover the estate where Alexander Ostrovsky wrote his plays.
Щ - Щелыково
The Shchelykovo estate in Kostroma Region will be of interest to all lovers of classical Russian theater. It was there that Alexander Ostrovsky, the father of Russian drama, wrote most of his plays. His plots were based on the real life of merchant families.
Local residents honored the memory of the great writer by naming the theater after him, which opens every season with his plays.
