Bilimbay is a destination for travellers who want to shape their stay around tangible traces of industrial, church and technological history. The town brings together a complex of factory buildings with federal heritage status, a stone Holy Trinity Church and the historic «Mogilitsa» pine plantation. The development of the BI-1 aircraft is also associated with Bilimbay. These themes give your accommodation search a clear focus: you can plan your stay around architecture, industrial history or the history of technology.
Industrial History and Architecture
At the beginning of the 18th century, the Stroganov dynasty founded its first ironworks in Bilimbay on the Bilimbaikha River, a right-bank tributary of the Chusovaya. The Bilimbay factory complex is a cultural heritage site of federal significance and is located in Bilimbay; in 2019, the regional government confirmed its status and location in a decree.
The stone Holy Trinity Church, with three altars, was built over a period of 35 years in the 19th century. The church is listed as open daily from 10:00 to 16:00; check the hours before visiting.
Pine Grove and the History of Technology
The «Mogilitsa» pine plantation was established in Bilimbay in 1843 with 28,000 pine seedlings. In 1899, Dmitri Mendeleev took part in replanting the pine plantation during his visit to the Bilimbay factory.
In late 1941, development and the first tests of the BI-1 began in Bilimbay, at the Bolkhovitinov design bureau on evacuated Factory No. 293. The historically documented itinerary for the one-day route «Vse dorogi vedut v Bilimbay» included a visit to the museum in the House of Folk Culture and a view of a BI-1 model.
The historical award in September 2017 was given to the route project «Vse dorogi vedut v Bilimbay», developed by the «Stroganoff» Foundation; it was named one of the best routes in a competition category for routes focused on churches, architecture and icon painting in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Chronologically, this arc stretches from the first Stroganov ironworks in the early 18th century, through church construction and planting in the 19th century, to the BI-1 work from late 1941 onwards. The opening of Pravlenskiy sad in 2025 provides a much more recent point of reference.
A More Recent Public Space
The Pravlenskiy sad public space was officially opened on 17 August 2025, following its renovation.
The Wider Region: Sverdlovsk Oblast
In the wider Sverdlovsk Oblast travel destination, the Museum Complex for Civil and Military Equipment in Verkhnyaya Pyshma offers a distinct focus on technology. It includes more than 15,000 exhibits, including more than 2,000 civilian and military vehicles; the collection figures may change over time.
In Sverdlovsk Oblast, a list of approved car tourism routes published in 2026 includes «Discover the Urals: Nature, History, Legends» between Yekaterinburg, Irbit, Turinsk and Tavda; the Demidov Route between Yekaterinburg, Nevyansk and Nizhny Tagil; and «Along the Iset to the Sound of the Bell: A Trip to Kamensk-Uralsky» between Yekaterinburg and Kamensk-Uralsky. The number of places listed distinguishes the three routes: four for «Discover the Urals», three for the Demidov Route and two for the route to Kamensk-Uralsky. Check the route details before setting out.
Discover more destinations: Iset', Berezovsky, Kushva, Tavda, Samotsvet, Zapadnyy, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Nizhnie Sergi.
Go to the wider travel overview: Sverdlovsk Oblast.
