The Estate of Mysovo
In this village, it is said, there was an old house that was once sent to an exhibition in Paris. Others claim that the village had the most beautiful park, surrounded by linden trees and mighty oaks. Some believe that a…
Admiral Pribytkov's Dacha
The dacha of Viktor Ivanovich Pribytkov, known as "Admiral," is one of the rare buildings in the neo-Romantic style and is located in the village of Pribytkovo, near Gatchina, on Shkolnaya Street. The building was founde…
Dugino Estate
There is an opinion that a noble estate is a luxurious manor with a village of peasants and hunting grounds. However, landowners often created parks as well. In its time, the garden ensemble of the Dugino estate in the S…
Yeliseev Estate
According to an old legend, after a defeat in one of the battles of the Northern War, retreating Swedes hid a significant treasure in the Siversky District of Leningrad Oblast. These rumors stirred people so much that th…
Paschalov Palace
Four kilometers from the city of Alexin in the Tula region lie majestic structures: an old two-story servant wing and a huge castle with a tower and clock in Gothic style. A gloomy alley with trees leaning down leads to …
The Venivitinov Estate
The estate belonged to the noble family of Venivitinovs. Here, the future Russian poet and philosopher of the 19th century, Dmitry Venivitinov, spent his childhood. He was a fourth cousin of A.S. Pushkin and became the p…
Cross in Memory of S.A. Romanov
The Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society has declared 2020 as the year of remembrance for Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich.
On February 17, 2020, events will take place in Moscow to commemorate the 115th anniversary of …
The House of Bugrov
In the Nizhny Novgorod region lies the city of Volodarsk, which in pre-revolutionary times was known as the village of Mysy. Here lived a wealthy merchant, Nikolai Bugrov, who, coming from a simple Old Believer family, m…
The Baron Stieglitz Mansion
The mansion, built between 1859 and 1862 for A. L. Stieglitz, a well-known Russian financier and initiator of the establishment of the Central School of Technical Drawing and its museum, passed to his adopted daughter af…
List's Mansion
Lev Kekushev was born on February 19, 1862, and is considered the founder of Moscow architectural modernism. He chose the image of a lion as his emblem, emphasizing his status among architects, much like the lion is the …
