Sergei Sergeyevich Beloselsky-Belozersky
Born on September 23, 1895, according to other sources on November 1 or 14, into an aristocratic family and held the title of prince. In 1914, he graduated from the Imperial Page Corps and entered military service. After…
Joseph Hamel: Pioneer Scientist
The Boston port warmly welcomed the elderly gentleman, whose fame preceded his arrival. American newspapers and magazines had known about his visit a year prior. The confident and determined man wore an impeccably fittin…
Ekaterina Nikolaevna Heydenreich
The life of Ekaterina Nikolaevna Heydenreich (1897, 1982) was complex and remarkable. Even among those connected to ballet, her name is not always immediately recalled. Born at the end of the 19th century, this intellige…
Vasily Tropinin
Vasily Tropinin was born a serf and gained his freedom only at the age of 47, by which time he had already gained fame as an artist. His portraits were in demand among Moscow nobles and merchants, and collectors and anti…
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Sergius Voskresensky
Sergius (in the world Dmitry Nikolaevich Voskresensky) was born on October 26, 1897, in Moscow to a priest's family. From childhood, he served in the church and received his education at the Moscow Spiritual School and S…
Sergey Ivanovich Krivolutsky
Sergey Ivanovich Krivolutsky was born in 1869 in the village of Kurdyuki in the Kirsanov district to a deacon's family. His parents sent him to the Tambov Spiritual School, but soon he began taking painting lessons from …
Nicholas I in Penza
In the summer of 1836, Nicholas I planned a trip to Kharkiv to inspect military settlements. On the way to Ukraine, he decided to stop in Penza, which Governor Panchulidzev was informed about. The city was hurriedly prep…
Sheremetev Castle
From the left bank of the Volga River near the village of Yurino in the Mari El Republic, a magnificent view of the river opens up. In these places, the Volga reaches a width of almost 4 km, and from one bank, it is bare…
Plague Fort
In 1855, an unusual outbreak of disease was recorded in the Chinese province of Yunnan. Those infected experienced a sudden rise in temperature to 39 degrees, were tormented by severe muscle pain, developed conjunctiviti…
Church of Metropolitan Philip
Not far from the famous sports complex "Olympic" lies an ancient temple dedicated to the martyr Metropolitan Philip, in the Meshchanskaya Sloboda. It was built in 1691.
The location for the church was chosen for a reaso…
