Church of the Holy Trinity in Arkhangelsk
The Church of the Holy Trinity was built on the site of two old wooden churches, the Trinity and the Epiphany, thanks to the funding from the streltsy and haiduk regiments that defended the Novodvinsk fortress. Initially…
Guthail Mansion
Previously, this site housed the economic yard of the large urban estate of Prince I. A. Gagarin, which burned down in the fire of 1812 and was later divided into eight properties. The estate frequently changed owners an…
Nursing Home Named After John of Kronstadt (Los Angeles)
In 1963, Archbishop Averky, the abbot of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, approved the structure and leadership of the foundation named after Saint John of Kronstadt. Around the same time, he sent a letter to E…
Monument to Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich in Peterhof
On June 10, 1914 (June 23 in the new style), the monument to Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich (1832-1909) was unveiled on Konno-Grenadierskaya Street in the presence of Emperor Nicholas II. He was the fourth and last son o…
Russian-speaking Community in Toronto (Canada)
In Canada, there are about half a million Russian immigrants, and they have their own neighborhoods. If you suddenly crave herring, pickled cabbage, or Rot Front soy bars, there is no need to ask acquaintances to bring i…
Russians in Mississauga (Canada)
Mississauga is the sixth largest city in the country with a population of 720 thousand, of which only 73 thousand are ethnic Canadians. There are few Russians here, according to official data only 7.5 thousand, but somet…
Russian House in Toronto
As strange as it may seem, in the matter of preserving and popularizing Russian culture, we can learn a lot from emigrants, especially the first wave after the revolution. An example is the Russian House in Toronto. Flee…
Holy Trinity Church (Toronto, Canada)
In the spring of 1949, an initiative group of seven people was formed with the goal of opening a temple of the Orthodox Church Abroad in the near future. By 1951, the parish already included about 50 families.
Funds beg…
Russians in Vancouver (Canada)
Alexey Skachkov, who moved from Krasnoyarsk to Vancouver, shared his impressions with the Newslab.ru portal. According to him, Russians in Canada live well. Most Russians he has met work as programmers, and this field is…
Museum of Permian Antiquities
In the Perm region lies the history of the Permian period, first noted by Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison in 1841. While studying the rocks and fossils of the region, he proposed naming them after the ancient kingd…
