Monument to Tsvetaeva in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (France)
In the small French town of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, located on the ocean shore, a monument to Marina Tsvetaeva has been erected.
On a bench with a rose in her hand, she gazes thoughtfully and anxiously at the ships s…
Pokrovsky Monastery in Bussy-en-Othe (France)
The Pokrovsky Women's Monastery is located in the village of Bussy in Burgundy, 160 kilometers east of Paris.
In the summer of 1946, emigrant Professor V. B. Elyashevich, following the advice of Archimandrite Cyprian (K…
Znamenky Monastery in Travers (France)
The monastery was founded on February 17, 1988, in the village of Travers, located 80 km south of Clermont-Ferrand and 500 km from Paris, with the blessing of the Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, Metr…
Lesninsky Monastery in Provenon (France)
In 1885, Countess Evgenia Efimovskaya, who later became Abbess Catherine, founded an Orthodox women's monastery in the village of Lesna, located on the border of Russia with what was then Austria-Hungary (now part of Pol…
Evangelical Hospital in Moscow
The Evangelical Hospital in Moscow is an architectural ensemble created by architect Otto von Dessin in 1903 and 1914 at the request of the Moscow Lutheran community to establish a medical facility. The historic building…
Von Vogau Estate at Vorontsovo Field in Moscow
Before the 1917 revolution, this estate belonged to the famous and wealthy industrialist family von Vogau. Since the 1920s and to this day, it has housed the L.Ya. Karpov Scientific Research Institute of Physical Chemist…
Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant
The Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant, one of the oldest enterprises in the ferrous metallurgy sector in Russia, was founded in 1762 by merchants I.B. Tverdychev and I.S. Myasnikov on land purchased from local residents. Ini…
Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Meudon (France)
During the collapse of the Russian Empire after the events of 1917, the town of Meudon, located between Paris and Versailles, became a refuge for Russian refugees. In 1924, the local Russian community decided to organize…
Russian Rarities at the National Library of France
The National Library of France ranks seventh among the largest libraries in the world, which is quite an impressive indicator. This institution is special: in its ancient mansion and folio towers, it houses over 14 milli…
Mosaic Panels about the Vogau Family in Ufa
If you turn into the arch on Chernyshevsky Street, 88 in Ufa, you can quickly see mosaic panels dedicated to the history of the Vogau family and their tea packaging factory.
The entire series consists of nine panels tha…
