Museum "The Nanny's House of A.S. Pushkin"
The museum "The Nanny of A.S. Pushkin's House" was opened on July 3, 1974. The exhibition was created by Nina Ivanovna Granovskaya, a senior researcher at the All-Union Museum of A.S. Pushkin. The hut was provided to the…
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Monument to Alexander II
On August 28, 1898, in the Moscow Kremlin, the solemn opening of the monument to Emperor Alexander II took place in the presence of Emperor Nicholas II.
On March 8, 1881, a week after the assassination of Alexander II, …
Zaharovo Estate
Not far from Moscow lies the noble estate of Zaharovo, which belonged to the grandmother of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. It was here that the future poet listened to the tales of his nurse Arina …
Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Borisoglebsky Monastery
One of the outstanding examples of richly decorated 17th-century architecture in Borisoglebsky Monastery is the Church of the Meeting, located above the northern Water Gates. In literature dedicated to the monastery, it …
Monument to Alexander Nevsky in Pereslavl-Zalessky
On December 28, 1958, by the decision of the Soviet government, a monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky was unveiled in Red Square of Pereslavl-Zalessky, next to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral. The white cover was remo…
Bugrovska Mill
In Bugrovo, a water mill has been recreated, similar to the one that existed here from 1802 to 1878, during the era of Pushkin. Its reconstruction is based on numerous documents, including the "Inventory of the water mil…
Knight on the Russian Throne: The Untold Truth About Nicholas I
The name of the outstanding Russian emperor Nicholas I has been surrounded by slander and oblivion for many years, so much so that even today his reign is underestimated, and Nicholas Pavlovich is often belittled. Howeve…
Optina Pustyn Monastery
According to ancient tradition, the monastery was founded in the late 14th century by a repentant robber named Opta, who became known as Macarius in monastic life. A brotherhood gathered around him, and he established th…
The Vvedensky Cathedral of Optina Pustyn
In 1689, the wooden church of the Introduction of the Most Holy Theotokos was dismantled, and construction began on the first stone cathedral in honor of the Introduction of the Most Holy Theotokos, with an altar dedicat…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Optina Monastery
Before the construction of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Optina Monastery, a miraculous event occurred. Hieromonk Macarius, who later became the archimandrite of the Maloyaroslavets Black Island Monastery…
