Anton Chekhov Museum in Badenweiler (Germany)
In Badenweiler, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov spent the last month of his life and passed away on July 15, 1904. In August 1998, the only museum dedicated to Chekhov in the Western world, named "Chekhov Salon," was opened here…
Usachev-Naydenov Estate in Moscow
This place is known to all Muscovites. If you move along the Garden Ring towards Kursky Station from Paveletsky, just beyond the Yauza, on a hill among the trees, there is a hospital located in an ancient estate.
In 182…
Russian Hospital in Jerusalem (Israel)
The Russian hospital, part of the Russian Compound, was the first hospital in Jerusalem located outside the walls of the Old City. This two-story building was constructed in 1862-63 with funds from Empress Maria Alexandr…
Laima Candies
The history of Laima candies is also noteworthy. One of the historical predecessors of modern Laima is the factory founded in 1870 in Riga by the Livonian entrepreneur Theodor Riegert. This is why the year is indicated o…
Riga Polytechnic School
Riga Polytechnic School, also known as Polytechnikum zu Riga in German and Rīgas Politehniskā augstskola in Latvian, was founded in Riga in 1862. In 1896, it became the Riga Polytechnic Institute.
The initiative to crea…
Anna Akhmatova's Home and Grave
In 1955, the poetess Anna Akhmatova was given a dacha in Komarovo, which she called a "doghouse" due to its small size. This dacha often hosted well-known cultural figures such as Faina Ranevskaya, Dmitry Likhachev, Jose…
The Vogau Family Tomb at Vvedenskoe Cemetery in Moscow
One of the most memorable tombstones at Vvedenskoe Cemetery is the tomb of the Vogau family. It was located on a large rectangular plot. On one side was a crypt, the end of which was designed like a ruined ancient temple…
Flour Mill in Sokolniki
The flour mill on Zhebrunova Street in the Sokolniki area is one of the oldest grain processing enterprises in Russia.
In 1881, on the outskirts of Moscow, in the territory of Sokolnicheskoye Field, the first large stea…
Erlanger Millers' School in Moscow
On September 14, 1892, the first millers' school in Russia was opened on Sokolnicheskaya Street in Moscow. The ceremony was attended by high-ranking guests, led by the Minister of Education of Russia, Count Delyanov. Thi…
Erlanger Park in Yalta
Erlanger Park in Crimea began its history in 1897. Before that, since 1840, it was part of the estate of Prince A.M. Korsukov-Dondikov Gyzelya-Teppe. Erlanger acquired a large plot of land on the slope of Mount Darsan an…
