Harrogate Memorial
The cross, established in 1920, is dedicated to the memory of nine men who died from wounds in hospitals managed by Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna in Harrogate during World War I from 1914 to 1918.
In 1914, Grand Duches…
Sergiyev Paper Mill (AO 'Mayak')
The factory was founded by Pyotr Vasilyevich Sergiyev in 1850 on the right bank of the Sura River, amidst an oak grove intersected by a canal. In 1866, a steam engine was installed here, and in 1896, the first electric i…
Second Men's Gymnasium
The house was built in the 1830s by Nadezhda Fyodorovna Selivanova, who held the position of court counselor. Later, it passed to her son Alexander Nikiforovich Selivanov, also a court counselor, who sold it in 1850 to L…
Meyerhold Family Estate
The main house of the estate, built in 1881 according to the design of architect E. S. Milyanovsky, became the place where the childhood and youth of the famous director V. E. Meyerhold took place, who bore the surname M…
Winter Theater in Penza
On March 9, 1797, the estate located between the land of the former Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery and the house of the Noble Assembly was sold at auction by the treasury chamber to court councilor Grigory Vasilyevich Gl…
Noble Assembly
The Noble Assembly was the main body uniting the nobility by class, established based on the "Charter on the Rights, Liberties, and Privileges of the Noble Russian Nobility" dated April 21, 1785. This legislative act all…
New Building of the Spiritual Seminary
The new building of the Penza Spiritual Seminary was erected on the territory of the estate of the famous philanthropist Maria Mikhailovna Kiseleva. Before her death, she bequeathed to sell the estate with the condition …
The Rector's House of the Seminary
On the corner of Dvoryanskaya and Poperechno-Pokrovskaya streets stood a two-story house owned by Maria Mikhailovna Kiseleva, a well-known philanthropist from Penza. After her estate was acquired by the spiritual adminis…
Noble Institute and First Male Gymnasium
The building of the Noble Institute was erected between 1847 and 1851 according to a project developed by the Main Administration of Transport and Public Buildings, under the guidance of the chief architect of the Kazan …
Former First City Primary School
The school building in Saratov is a significant architectural landmark of the city. It was designed by S. A. Kallistratov and built in 1914 as one of the palace schools erected in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Ro…
