Babushkin Hill
The hill is located next to the banks of the Volga, rising from the Cosmonauts Embankment to Cathedral Square, and crosses the streets of Chernyshevsky and Michurin. Due to the significant slope, the street was named "hi…
Complex of Buildings of the Saratov Branch of the State Bank
The complex of buildings of the Saratov branch of the State Bank is one of the outstanding examples of cultural heritage preservation. However, its appearance has changed over time. The only element that has remained sin…
Tsar's Gate (Triumphal Arch) in Saratov
On September 9, 2022, the restored Triumphal Arch was opened in Saratov, which is a copy of the historical structure built in 1871 for the visit of Emperor Alexander II. More than a hundred years ago, the site of the arc…
Monument to Emperor-Liberator Alexander II
In 1896, the Saratov City Duma decided to establish a monument to Emperor Alexander II. Funding was provided through voluntary donations, which collected about 35 thousand rubles, and the city budget, which allocated abo…
Technical School in Saratov
In 1898, a decision was made to open the United Mechanical and Chemical Technology School in Saratov. The construction was financed from the state treasury, and the project for the two-story building was developed by St.…
Hotel Moscow in Tambov
On the former Gymnasium Street, now known as Kommunalnaya, there was the hotel "Moscow," likely the one mentioned in M. Y. Lermontov's poem "The Tambov Treasury." This building, preserved to this day at number 34, is a t…
Former Nobility Assembly Building
The building that previously housed the Nobility Assembly was constructed in 1837 for the reception of the heir to the throne, the future Emperor Alexander II. It was located at the northeast corner of the intersection o…
Archbishop's Stable Yard
The Archbishop's Stable Yard was located at the site of the modern building at 2 Maxim Gorky Street, where the "Tambov" hotel has been situated since 1959. The Kazan Monastery served as the residence of the Tambov bishop…
The Old Governor's House
On the site where the Creativity Center now stands, there once stood the house of the governor of the Tambov province, where Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin lived. Here he hosted receptions and theatrical performances, obse…
Men's Gymnasium in Tambov
The men's ministerial gymnasium, whose history begins with a folk school founded by G.R. Derzhavin, acquired a new building in 1866.
A city estate with a stone house was purchased for the gymnasium from Boris Dmitrievic…
