St. Petersburg (Florida, USA)
The city was founded by John C. Williams from Detroit, who purchased land here in 1876, and Peter Dementyev, who built a railway station in 1888. St. Petersburg was officially registered on February 29, 1892, with a popu…
Peter Dementyev's House in Alta Loma (Los Angeles, USA)
His first business in California was a steam-powered laundry. Dementyev quickly mastered the new equipment and, according to contemporaries, did not shy away from any work, although due to his aristocratic pride, he neve…
Monument to Stepan Razin
The monument to the famous Cossack rebel Stepan Razin was unveiled on June 5, 1972, in Rostov-on-Don. The monumental composition consists of seven sculptures, including figures of Stepan Razin, a Persian princess, and fi…
Sivcevo Estate
The noble family of Sumarokovs traces its origins to Levis, who arrived from Sweden to Grand Duke Vasily Dmitrievich and was baptized under the name of Judah. Mentions of the Sumarokovs appear in the spiritual testament …
Stepanovskoye-Pavlishchevo Estate
The history of the estate in Pavlishchevo begins in the second half of the 17th century. The first document related to it is a situational plan, drawn as a sketch. It depicts the Techa River, three bridges across it, and…
Troitskoye Estate
The village of Troitskoye on the Protva River, known since the mid-17th century as the property of the Dashkov princes, is linked to the history of Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov. In 1759, he married the daughter of Co…
Turliky Estate (Morozov's Dacha)
Throughout the century-long history of the estate, many events have taken place here, making it not only an architectural but also a historical and cultural landmark of regional significance. The main building of the est…
Shlipovo Estate (Nemerzskoye)
In 1857, Karl Ivanovich Shlippe, a well-known Russian industrialist and chemist, acquired the Nemerzskoye estate in the Meshchovsky district of Smolensk province. This estate included 6,000 desyatins of land and 1,200 se…
Shchepochkin Estate
The exact builder of the estate house in Polotnyany Zavod is unknown, but it is believed that it was Moscow craftsmen, possibly students of Matvey Kazakov. It is not definitively established who handled the finishing, bu…
I.I. Shishkin Memorial House Museum
The I.I. Shishkin Memorial House Museum is a monument of history and culture of federal significance. Built in 1835 by the father of the famous artist, Ivan Vasilyevich Shishkin, this house became the place where the fut…
