Zubov Estate 'Otrada'
The first owner of the Primorskaya estate, consisting of three Peter the Great plots, was Count Gavriil Ivanovich Golovkin, the first chancellor of the Russian Empire since 1709 and a companion of Peter I. From 1719 to 1…
Founder of Donetsk-Yuzovka's House
In 1869, Welshman John James Hughes founded the "New Russia Company Ltd." and purchased land from Prince Sergey Kochubey from Poltava in the Yekaterinoslav province, on the banks of the Kalmius River. Here he began the c…
Foros Residence of Patron A.G. Kuznetsov
In ancient times, the site of the modern sanatorium "Foros" was home to the Genoese fortress Foria, founded in the 5th century BC. The name "Foria" translates from ancient Greek as "duty," indicating the advantageous loc…
Andrei Tekutev City Hospital in Tyumen
The two-story brick building with a symmetrical U-shaped plan is a characteristic example of public architecture in the restrained classicist style of "brick style." The walls, divided by inter-floor bands, are evenly pi…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Bari, Italy
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, also known as the Russian Church in Bari, is a stavropegial temple of the Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It is located in the Italian city…
The Storytelling World of Karelia
Russian storytellers performed their tales alone, surrounded by attentive listeners. The singers of the 'Kalevala' sat opposite each other, holding hands and beginning a dialogue.
In Karelia, Russians, Karelians, and Fi…
Grave of Alexey Mikhailovich Kremkov (Gard)
The burial site of the famous Russian-American caricaturist Alexey Mikhailovich Kremkov.
Garda's Works at Sardi’s Restaurant
Sardi’s restaurant, offering continental cuisine, is located at 234 West 44th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, in Manhattan's Theater District, New York. It opened its doors at this location on March 5, 1927, …
End of the Antonov Uprising
On June 24, 2022, in the village of Nizhny Shibryai, Borisoglebsky district of Tambov province, the leader of the Tambov Uprising, Alexander Stepanovich Antonov, and his brother Dmitry Stepanovich were detained. Their de…
Chagall's Stained Glass in Mainz
Mainz in Germany is known as a center of winemaking and printing, however, on the tourist portal TripAdvisor, the main attraction of the city is the St. Stephen's Church due to the stained glass created by Marc Chagall.
