Suponevo brings together religious heritage, local history and a striking setting on the Desna. At its heart is the Church of the Image of the Saviour Not Made by Human Hands: it rises above the steep riverbank on the high banks of the Desna and shapes the surrounding landscape. Those looking for a holiday apartment in Suponevo can explore the town according to their interests in architecture, remembrance culture or riverside scenery.
Monastery Complex and Holy Spring
The Svensky Monastery complex is a cultural heritage site of federal significance, dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The first stone Cathedral of the Dormition was built with funds provided by Tsar Ivan the Terrible. In the mid-18th century, a new cathedral was built to a design by architect I. Michurin, replacing the old cathedral, which had fallen into disrepair. The Cathedral of the Dormition was blown up in 1930 and later rebuilt on its old foundations. The Church of Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves at the Svensky Monastery was also restored.
A holy spring lies to the left of the walls of the Svensky Monastery. A brick chapel with a baptismal font was built above the spring in 2006. Alongside monastic history spanning several centuries, this site also features a clearly dated structure from more recent times.
Places of Remembrance in Suponevo
The “Eternal Garden” consists of metal trees with delicate leaves bearing the names of local residents who did not return from the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. The garden was created in May 2016 beside a monument in the shape of a bayonet. The residents of Suponevo are proud of the “Eternal Garden” and care for it.
Memorials also commemorate Tsar Peter I: a restored house where he spent the night and an oak tree on the banks of the Desna recall his stay in October 1708. The obelisk commemorating fallen residents was unveiled in the mid-1970s.
More to Explore in Bryansk Oblast
The wider destination of Bryansk Oblast offers other distinct cultural and natural attractions. The Khatsun Memorial Complex commemorates the victims of the Nazi occupation regime in the Bryansk region and the Russian villages destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. Ovstug was the family estate of the Tyutchevs and the birthplace of Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev; the estate museum lies on the banks of the Ovstuzhenka.
The Dyatkovo Crystal Museum in Dyatkovo offers a different cultural focus. Its exhibition spans more than two hundred years of glassmaking history and displays works in coloured and colourless crystal, made using rare techniques. These include artistic compositions by Soviet glassmakers, vases and decorative furnishings from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as elaborate lamps and decorative glass ensembles. It also features gifts and keepsakes created for well-known figures.
The Bryansky Les Nature Reserve offers another way to experience the natural landscape of Bryansk Oblast. It lies between the Desna and Nerussa rivers and is the region’s only nature reserve. Visitors can experience the wilderness through environmental education, routes and wildlife observation.
Discover more destinations: Novozybkov, Seltso, Klintsy, Kamen', Krasnyy Most, Kokorevka, Negino, Krasnyy Kurgan.
Go to the regional travel overview: Bryansk Oblast.
