Holy Trinity Cathedral (Chicago)
The Orthodox parish in Chicago was founded in 1882 when a home church of Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir was consecrated in a rented space on North Noble Street. The parish was under the jurisdiction of the A…
Children's City Clinical Hospital of St. Vladimir
Pavel Grigoryevich von Derwiz, possessing significant wealth, was known for his extensive philanthropy in both public and private spheres. In 1872, he appealed to the Moscow Governor-General V.A. Dolgorukov for permissio…
Castle von Derwies in Trevano (Switzerland)
In 1871, Pavel von Derwies built the luxurious estate "Castle Trevano" in the Italian part of Switzerland, on a hill in Lugano, in the village of Trevano. In summer and autumn, he moved there with his family. Rumor had i…
Friday Church in Vilnius
The Friday Church, the first Orthodox temple in Vilnius, was built in 1345 at the initiative of Maria Yaroslavna, the wife of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Olgerd. In the pagan era, Lithuanian princes sometimes accepted C…
Vadim Baggovut, Russian Partisan in the Philippines
World War II engulfed the entire world, and our compatriots fought in various corners of the planet, including exotic places like the Philippines. Vadim Alekseevich Baggovut, a Russian sailor, led the resistance against …
Melikhovo Estate: Chekhov's Famous Home
Chekhov's Melikhovo is one of the significant pages in the history of Russian literature. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov lived here from 1892 to 1899. This period is interesting because Chekhov was not only a writer but also a …
State Museum-Reserve of S.A. Yesenin in Konstantinovo
The village of Konstantinovo, located on a high bank of the Oka River, is known far beyond the region and Russia because it is the birthplace of Sergei Yesenin, the outstanding Russian poet.
This place is open year-roun…
The Batyushkov Estate and A.I. Kuprin in Danilovskoye
In the village of Danilovskoye, Ustyuzhsky District, Vologda Oblast, lies the House-Museum of the Batyushkovs and A.I. Kuprin, which was once the estate of the noble Batyushkov family. This place is associated with many …
Princess Volkonskaya's Villa in Rome
In two 19th-century greenhouses, after three years of restoration, marble sarcophagi, bas-reliefs, figurines, fragments of ancient inscriptions, statues, and architectural elements dating from the 1st century BC to the 3…
A. I. Kuprin House Museum
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin was born in 1870 in Narovchat, a small town in the Penza province. When he turned three, his mother took him to Moscow.
Before leaving, she sold their house to the official Sokolovsky, who the…
