Tram Bridge in Penza
Several years ago, the administration of Penza discussed the possibility of creating tram services in the city, but no changes have occurred so far. Interestingly, the idea of launching a tram in the city originated back…
Pantheon at Cathedral Square (Penza)
Many mistakenly believe that only Red Guards who died during the Czechoslovak Corps uprising are buried in the mass graves at the Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution. This is not entirely true.
On May 30, 1918, w…
Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Penza)
The main attraction of the former village of Vesyolovka was the Presentation Church, located at 2a Permskaya Street. However, it looked different a hundred years ago.
The church was built by order of the Synod. The chur…
Noble Maidens' Institute in Irkutsk
In 1845, an educational institution opened in Irkutsk, originally called the Girls' Institute of Eastern Siberia. In 1896, it was renamed the Irkutsk Institute named after Emperor Nicholas I in honor of the centenary of …
Tashkent Cadet Corps
The staffing schedule of the Tashkent Preparatory Cadet School provided for the education of 100 cadets at state expense. After successfully completing the course, they were transferred without exams to the 3rd class of …
Potemkin Stairs in Odessa
The Potemkin Stairs, one of the main attractions of Odessa. Almost every tourist who finds themselves in this city strives to walk its 192 steps. At different times, it has been called Richelieu, Big, Port, Primorsky, an…
First Ambulance Service in Moscow
On April 28, 1898, the ambulance service began operations in Moscow. The first carriages were purchased in Paris with funds from merchant Anna Kuznetsova and became known as "Kuznetsova's carriages." They were stationed …
Monument 'Exodus'
The monument 'Exodus', dedicated to the tragic events of the Civil War in Russia, is one of the newest attractions in Novorossiysk. It was installed on April 12, 2013, on the city embankment, from where nearly a hundred …
Shakhovskys Estate (Vazerki Village, Penza Region)
The first estate with a wooden manor house was built under Adam Vasilyevich Olsufyev, who served as state secretary to Catherine II. The estate passed to him in the late 1770s. Later, it was inherited by his sons Sergey …
Annenkov Estate (village Annenkovo, Penza region)
The village of Annenkovo was founded between 1704 and 1706 on land owned by the nobles Ivan Ivanovich, Afanasy Ivanovich, and Safon Annenkov, who were children of the Alatyr nobleman Ivan Fyodorovich Annenkov. The first …
