Capture of Vyborg
310 years ago, on June 24, 1710, during the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden, which lasted from 1700 to 1721, Russian troops under the command of Peter I successfully entered the Swedish fortress of Vyborg. F…
A.V. Bitsky's Estate (Stepanovka, Penza Region)
In 1684, the lands were granted to servicemen with the surname Stepanov. By 1710, there were two manor houses on these lands, and by 1795, there were three, all wooden.
In the mid-19th century, landowner V.M. Kugusheva …
Archangel Michael Church (Kuchki Village, Penza Region)
The village of Kuchki consists of three former villages: Kazanskaya Andreevka, Kuchuk-Por-Arkhangelskoye, and Kuchuk-Por-Mikhaylovskoye, each of which had churches before the revolution. To this day, only the stone churc…
Archangel Michael Church (Mokry Michkass, Penza Region)
The chapels of the church are dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the icon of the Mother of God "The Sign."
The church in honor of the Archangel Michael was built in 1906, although other sources state it was …
Nikolskiy Church (Studenka Village, Penza Region)
The chapels of the church are dedicated to Archangel Michael and the apostles Peter and Paul.
The church, named in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, was built in 1908 in the Russian style, but without a bell tow…
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Alekseyevka, Penza Region)
The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1913 according to the design of architect A. G. Starzhinsky. The funds for construction were provided by parishioners and a first-guild merchant from Mor…
Church of Archangel Michael (village of Arkhangelsk, Penza region)
The stone church dedicated to Archangel Michael, with chapels in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the righteous saints Zacharias and Elizabeth, was built in 1734 thanks to the efforts of landowner Illarion Kugu…
Cherkasskoye Estate (village of Cherkasskoye, Penza region)
In 1797, Arsenyev sold the estate to Yakov Alekseevich Okhotnikov. Four generations of this family owned the estate for almost a hundred years, until 1893, and it was during the Okhotnikovs' time that it flourished and d…
Grandbaum Manor (Kozlovka, Penza Region)
Before the October Revolution, the castle-like house belonged to a German nobleman named Grandbaum. From the window of his bedroom, he could survey the entire area with the help of a telescope: fields from the Shchetinny…
Peter and Paul Cathedral (Former Village of Ryashino, Penza Region)
The stone church in honor of the chief apostles Peter and Paul, built in 1369 by Colonel Mikhail Ieremievich Kozlovsky, was originally a single-altar church without a bell tower. In 1934, the church was closed. To this d…
