If you have a little spare time and you don’t mind traveling 55 miles, check out Chekhov. This vibrant destination has loads of things to see and do. Museum in Memory of 1941-1945, Lopasnya Zachatyevskoye Manor House and Museum and Chekhov Town Theater alone make the drive out worthwhile. Don’t skip Kaluga either! Just 55 miles away, Kaluga XXI Century, Tsiolkovsky State Museum of Cosmonautics History and Tsiolkovsky Memorial House Museum are non-negotiable stops here.