The Grave of Stepan Krasheninnikov
The grave of the Kamchatka explorer Stepan Krasheninnikov.
The Reuss Dynasty
Reuss, or the Reuss Dynasty, governed counties and principalities in the territory of modern Thuringia in Germany from the 12th to the 20th century. In the 19th century, their holdings included the sovereign principaliti…
Mass Grave of Russian Journalists
The mass grave of Russian journalists, also known as the Monument or Memorial to Russian Journalists, is located at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. This monument is dedicated to notable Galician-Russian writers and journa…
Victims of Talerhof 1914-1918 Galician Rus
After the end of World War I, Eastern Galicia became part of the Polish Republic. Rusophile activists in Galicia immediately after the war began efforts to commemorate the victims of the Talerhof concentration camp, crea…
Thalerhof (Concentration Camp)
Thalerhof, known as Interniertenlager Thalerhof, was a concentration camp established by the authorities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the beginning of World War I, from September 4, 1914, to May 10, 1917. It was loc…
Monument to Russian Soldiers in Liège
The monument, created by Alexander and Igor Burganov, is part of the memorial to the Allied forces that liberated Europe in World War I, which was established in 1968. Previously, another monument stood at this site, des…
A.S. Pushkin Monument in Shanghai
Every Russian heart begins to beat faster when it sees a piece of Russia abroad. In Shanghai, at the intersection of Yue Yang Lu and Fen Yang Lu in the French Concession, a monument to the great Russian poet A.S. Pushkin…
A.S. Pushkin Monument in Seoul
On November 13, 2013, a monument to the poet Alexander Pushkin was unveiled in Seoul. It is located near the Lotte Hotel and department store in the Myeongdong area. In December, a square named after the great Russian po…
Monument to A.S. Pushkin in Montreal
In Montreal, Canada, in the province of Quebec, a monument to Pushkin was unveiled on December 6, 2002. It is located in the cozy courtyard of the Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, one of the oldest parishes o…
The Werner Brothers: Inventors of the World's First Moped
In 1885, German engineer Gottlieb Daimler created a wooden bicycle, which he later equipped with a gasoline engine, becoming a prototype for modern motorcycles. Russia also kept pace with global trends, and the Werner br…
