Church of John the Theologian in Cherdyn
The Church of John the Theologian in Cherdyn, built in 1718, is the oldest structure in the city. It is located at the edge of a deep ravine, on a riverbank slope that steeply descends into the river valley. Previously, …
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Nyrab
In ancient times, the Nikolsky temple in Nyrab was called "manifest," meaning not made by hands, and there were reasons for this. Legends about the miraculous construction of this church are still told in Nyrab. The time…
The Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Solikamsk
The Epiphany Church, built between 1687 and 1695, is a refectory-type temple. A high two-light cube adjoins an apse with three semicircles, as well as a two-column refectory with an altar dedicated to the Vladimir Mother…
Ascension Trinity Monastery in Solikamsk
Solikamsk is considered the first Russian city in the Urals, founded by Vologda merchants in 1430. The city reached its peak in the 16th-17th centuries, when several stone churches and monasteries were built, which still…
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Perm
The Transfiguration Cathedral was the main church of the Perm diocese in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its history begins in the 16th century, when in 1560, Anika Stroganov founded the Pyskor Monastery on the Kama R…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Old Yegoshikha Cemetery in Perm
The history of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Old Yegoshikha Cemetery begins with a wooden cemetery church dedicated to All Saints, built in the 1780s at the city cemetery. The emergence o…
Nikolaevsky Belogorsky Monastery in Belaya Gora
The history of the Belogorsky Monastery begins in 1890 when Father Stefan Lukanin first visited Belaya Gora. Inspired by what he saw, he decided to establish a missionary monastery here. In 1891, the first cross was erec…
Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kudymkar
Researchers studying the history of the Urals, especially the Kama region from the 16th to the 20th centuries, often encounter the need to explore the history of the famous Russian family of entrepreneurs and patrons, th…
Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Monastery
The village of Monastery is located in the Gai district of the Komi-Permyak region of the Perm Krai. Here stands the Nikolskaya church, a wooden structure built in 1910. According to local elders, the history of this pla…
Palaces of Andrei Bogolyubsky (Bogolyubovo)
The palaces of Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky represent a unique monument of civil architecture from the 12th century and are the oldest structure on the territory of the Holy Bogolyubsky Monastery, which was built on the sit…
