Monument to Catherine II in Tiraspol (Transnistria)
In the center of Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria, a monument to the Russian Empress Catherine the Great was unveiled on August 29, 2013. The solemn ceremony took place on the first day of autumn.
In anticipation o…
Monument to Seven Generals in Warsaw
The monument to the seven generals was erected in Warsaw by the order of Nicholas I in honor of six generals and one colonel of the Army of the Kingdom of Poland, who were killed by rebels during the November Uprising on…
Turgenev Library in Paris
The Turgenev Library was opened in Paris in 1875 thanks to the initiative of the Russian political figure Herman Lopatin. Ivan Turgenev donated funds for the creation of the library, and in 1883, after his death, the rea…
Sazansk Cave Monastery of Kazan Alexiev-Sergiev Desert
The Kazan Alexiev-Sergiev Desert is located in the southeast of the Penza region, in the village of Sazanye. Here, by God's will, a male monastery was revived in the same place where it existed more than a hundred years …
Death of Roman Gula's Mother
Tall hollyhocks of pink, white, and yellow surrounded our house, and the grapevines climbing the walls bloomed, exuding a sweet aroma, as if fragrant wine had been spilled at the doorstep. In the room, beneath the dark i…
Holy Trinity Church in Vancouver (Canada)
The Holy Trinity Church was built between 1938 and 1940 thanks to the efforts of the first rector, Archpriest Alexander Kizyun. He not only acquired the land for construction but also actively participated in the process…
Monument to Peter I in Teplice (Czech Republic)
On November 9, 2012, a monument to Peter I was unveiled near the "Imperial" sanatorium in Teplice.
The ceremony was attended by officials from Russia, the Czech Republic, and Belarus, representatives of the Czech Orthod…
Miklukho-Maclay Monument in Vanimo (Papua New Guinea)
In Papua New Guinea, a solemn opening of the renovated memorial dedicated to the Russian traveler and scientist Nikolai Nikolayevich Miklukho-Maclay (1846, 1888) took place on the Maclay Coast.
The initiators of this no…
St. Nicholas Church in Vancouver, Canada
The history of Russian churches in Vancouver began in 1924, when the North American Metropolia, which later became the autocephalous Orthodox Church in America (OCA), was part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russi…
The Oleiz estate, the "Nyura" dacha, the Tokmakov family house
The monuments of resort architecture from the 19th century in Koreiz, located in Crimea, are significant historical objects. One of them was built in 1885 for merchant Ivan Fyodorovich Tokmakov and became a place of resi…
