St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church in Atamansky Village, Omsk
The main altar is dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra, the second altar to St. Alexandra the Queen, and the third to St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow. The church was built with funds from the Atamansky …
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Cathedral in Omsk (Cossack)
The Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Omsk is often referred to as the Nikolsky Military Cossack Cathedral, as it was originally built for the Cossack army. The idea for the construction of the church arose f…
Monument to Afanasy Nikitin (Tver)
The monument to the great Tver traveler Afanasy Nikitin is the most impressive and beloved in Tver. He was the first of the Europeans to visit India from 1469 to 1472, walking thousands of kilometers. The famous Portugue…
Church of St. Paraskeva in Omsk
In 1901, a church was built in honor of St. Paraskeva on the high bank of the River Omi in the Slobodskoy suburb, funded by the widow of merchant Paraskeva Pamfilievna Shkroeva. Paraskeva Shkroeva came from a family of S…
Pokrovsky Monastery in Omsk
The Pokrovsky Men's Monastery was founded in 1896 by the first bishop of Omsk, Gregory (Poletayev). In 1905, the holy righteous John of Kronstadt visited Omsk and blessed the monastery with the icon of the Mother of God …
Chapel of St. Seraphim of Sarov and Tsarevich Alexei in Omsk
In 1907, in Omsk, to express the patriotic feelings of the residents towards the monarch and to celebrate a joyful event in the royal family, a stone chapel was built near the Iron Bridge. It was dedicated to the birth o…
Church of All Saints at the Cossack Cemetery in Omsk (lost)
The Cossack cemetery appeared in the eastern part of the Cossack suburb in the second third of the 19th century. Burial plots were allocated for the cadet corps, as well as for Catholic and cholera cemeteries. During the…
Chapel of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Omsk (lost)
In 1863, Governor-General A. Dugaemel appealed to the Holy Synod with a request to allow the construction of a chapel in Omsk to alleviate the crop failures. The project was presented, and the chapel was built in 1867 in…
Statue of Ivan the Terrible
In the early 1870s, Antokolsky created one of his most significant works, which became the pinnacle of his creativity and brought him fame. Through the image of Ivan the Terrible, the sculptor sought to penetrate the ess…
Saint Elijah the Prophet Church in Omsk (destroyed)
The church dedicated to the prophet Elijah was built in 1789 on the site of the former Znamensky gates of the Omsk fortress. The construction was initiated by the former commander, Major General Nikolai Gavriilovich Ogar…
