Saint Alexander Nevsky Church in Potsdam
The Alexander Nevsky Church in Potsdam is an active Orthodox church located on the site of the Russian settlement of Alexandrovka, which existed in the early 19th century. Several generations of Russian soldiers sent to …
Ivy House Mansion in London (UK)
Anna Pavlova's choice of residence in London was likely not accidental. The "Ivy House" estate is located in the picturesque Golders Green area, known for the artists, scientists, and politicians who lived or worked ther…
Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, California
Holy Assumption Monastery, a women's monastery of the Western Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America, is located in the city of Calistoga, California.
In the early 1940s, a group of nuns fleeing persecution in Soviet…
V.I. Lenin's House in Zurich (Switzerland)
The house at Spiegelgasse 14 in Zurich is particularly interesting to Russian tourists, as V.I. Lenin lived here from 1916 to 1917, renting a room with party funds. A memorial plaque is installed on the wall of the build…
St. Barbara the Great Martyr Church in Orange County, California
In 2006, in honor of the 1700th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Barbara the Virgin, with the blessing of Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, the St. Barbara the Great Martyr Parish was established…
Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in Regensburg (Germany)
The Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin, also known as Hl. Maria Schutz Kirche, is an Orthodox church in Regensburg and is under the jurisdiction of the Berlin and German Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Ab…
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Cathedral in Stuttgart
The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a cultural monument located in the north of Stuttgart.
The first church in this city appeared thanks to the arrival of Princess Ekaterina Pavlovna for her wedding …
Villa La Colline in Saint-Paul-de-Vence (France)
Not far from Nice, just 20 km to the west, among green hills covered with pine forests, lies one of the most picturesque towns in Provence, Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
This town impresses with its beauty: massive fortress wall…
Prince Vladimir Church in Mariánské Lázně (Czech Republic)
The Church of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir is an Orthodox church in the town of Mariánské Lázně, formerly known as Marienbad. The church belongs to the Karlovy Vary presbytery of the Prague Diocese of the …
Baryshnikov's Income House
In 1897, Alexander Yakovlevich Baryshnikov, a peasant from the Pskov province and a merchant of the 2nd guild, purchased a plot on Nikolaevskaya Street to build an income house. The project was commissioned to the renown…
