Resurrection Gate: A Cherished Gift from Russian Tsars
Resurrection Gate, a gift from Russian tsars
For 500 years, the two-arch Resurrection Gate has adorned the entrance to Red Square from Tverskaya Street and Okhotny Ryad. In the 1930s, the Bolsheviks destroyed this sanct…
Trinity Cathedral in Oulu
The Holy Trinity Cathedral, known in Finnish as Pyhän Kolminaisuuden katedraali, is an Orthodox church in the city of Oulu. It serves as the cathedral of the Oulu Metropolis, which is part of the Finnish Archdiocese of t…
Villa 'Senar'
Senar is the estate of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, located in Switzerland, in the village of Hertenstein, municipality of Weggis, Lucerne canton, on the shores of Lake Lucerne with a view of Mount Pilatus.
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Kuinji Museum
Mariupol Art Museum named after A. I. Kuinji.
In July 1914, a letter arrived at the Mariupol City Duma from the Moscow branch of the Society of Artists named after A. I. Kuinji. The letter offered the city ten paintings…
The Grave of Sklifosovsky
Tamara Terskaya stood on the veranda of a large but empty house, pondering that she should have listened to her husband and left. Bandits roamed around in search of conspirators against the Soviet government, and she was…
Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov
On April 17, a fire completely destroyed the Orthodox Church of Seraphim of Sarov in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. At the time of the fire, three people were inside the building, who managed to leave before the firef…
Museum of the Penza Society of Natural Science Lovers
On April 6, 1910, the Penza City Duma decided to satisfy the request of the Penza Society of Natural Science Lovers (POLÉ) and provide it with premises for a natural history museum, founded in 1905. The museum was locate…
Yaropoletskaya Hydroelectric Power Station
The first rural hydroelectric power station in Russia began operations in 1919 on the Lame River in Yaropolets, located in the Moscow region.
There is an interesting legend that after the revolution, the residents of Ya…
Ivanovskoye-Bezobrazovo Estate
The Ivanovskoye-Bezobrazovo estate, the ancestral home of the Bezobrazov family, is located on the banks of the Lama River near Volokolamsk.
The architectural ensemble was likely created by a serf architect in the secon…
World War I Burial near Sedliska
The burial from World War I near the village of Sedliska.
At the evangelical cemetery near the village of Sedliska in the Giżycko County of Poland, soldiers were buried in 1914. Here is a list of names:
Lower ranks:
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