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Igor Severyanin Museum in Cherepovets District
At the beginning of the last century, butterflies fluttered and flowers bloomed here, while the Suda and Kemza rivers flowed leisurely and elegantly. It was in this beautiful corner that the young Igor Lotarev, known as …
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The Place of General Bem's Death
On the Assembly Square in Penza, in front of the Governor's House, during the February Revolution of 1917, an enraged crowd of soldiers killed Major General Mikhail Antonovich Bem. He was a hero of the Chinese campaign, …
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Petrovskoye Estate Museum in Pskov Region
Petrovskoye, the ancestral estate of A.S. Pushkin's ancestors, the Gannibal family, was gifted in 1742 by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna to the poet's great-grandfather, General-Field Marshal Abram Petrovich Gannibal. The e…
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Budylin Store in Penza
In the 1860s, a building was erected at the upper part of Moskovskaya Street, which became the property of merchants Veniamin and Alexander Budylins in 1909. It quickly gained fame as one of the most popular grocery stor…
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Holy Assumption Svyatogorsk Monastery in Pushkin Hills
The Holy Assumption Svyatogorsk Monastery was founded in 1569 by order of Tsar Ivan IV at the site of the appearance of the Holy Blessed Timothy with the icon of the Mother of God "Odigitria". Since ancient times, the m…
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Museum Estate of Osipovs and Wulfs in Trigorskoye
Trigorskoye is a museum estate that belonged to the landowners Osipovs-Wulfs. The estate got its name due to the features of the local landscape: it is located on three wide hills, where the Voronich settlement with the …
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Voronovo Estate in Moscow
The Voronovo Estate is located 40 km from the MKAD along the Kaluga Highway in the territory of New Moscow. The main house of the estate was built in the 1760s by architect N. A. Lvov. The Dutch house, constructed in 17…
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Monument to Boris Lisanovich in Kathmandu (Nepal)
On October 11, 2009, a monument to Boris Lisanovich was ceremoniously unveiled in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. This event took place with the participation of representatives from the Kaluga region administration. Li…
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Kazan Church in Pori, Finland
Kazan Church, known in Finnish as Kazanin Jumalanäidin ikonin kirkko, is an Orthodox temple under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Pori, Finland. Since the 1940s…
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Uspensky Church in Turku, Finland
Uspensky Church, an Orthodox chapel, is located in the second district of Turku, Finland, near the Consulate General of the Russian Federation. Access to the church is from the direction of the crafts museum. The Russia…