Nikolaevsky Women's Monastery in Turinsk
The Turinsk Protection Women's Monastery was founded in 1604 shortly after the establishment of the Turinsk fortress. In 1621, when an eparchy was opened in Siberia, Archbishop Cyprian, on his way to Tobolsk, discovered …
Church of Mary Magdalene in Lai
The Lai factory was founded by the Demidovs in the first half of the 18th century. The first settlers, Old Believers, fled here from the civil and church reforms of Peter I, finding safe refuge with the Demidovs. Most of…
Alexander Nevsky Church in Krasnoufimsk
The history of the church dedicated to the holy righteous prince Alexander Nevsky in Krasnoufimsk began at a City Duma meeting on October 18, 1880. The construction of the church is associated with Sergey Petrovich Sigov…
Ascension Church in Yekaterinburg
The Ascension Church in Yekaterinburg is considered the only surviving church building in the city, executed in the style of late Baroque. Architecture is undoubtedly an important feature of any structure, but every buil…
Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Yekaterinburg
The Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky has an unusual and unique history, which was long restored by the sisters of the Novo-Tikhvin Monastery. In 1809, Emperor Alexander I issued a decree to establish the monastery. The main…
Church of All Saints in Yekaterinburg
The Church-Memorial on the Blood was erected at the site where Emperor Nicholas II, his family, and their loyal companions tragically lost their lives. This place, chosen by Divine Providence, has long been prayed over b…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Yekaterinburg
The church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, also known as the Mother of God Church, was laid on May 24, 1815, in the settlement of the Lower Iset Factory, which is now located in the Chemash microdistrict…
Belinsky Street
The Cathedral Square was bordered on the east by a street known as the Line of Government Offices, now called Belinsky Street. Here were located government institutions, including the First and Second Government Office B…
First Building of the Government Offices
The building was constructed in 1786-1787 by the Penza merchant Gerasim Shabonin based on a design by architect Yakov Ananievich Ananin from Nizhny Novgorod. The project was approved by Catherine II on February 6, 1786. …
State Historical Museum
The museum, dedicated to the history and culture of Russia from ancient times to the present, has a collection that has been formed over nearly one and a half centuries and includes over 4.5 million museum items.
The ma…
