Historical and Cultural Center Varangian Court
The medieval city of Swargas, the capital of the Varangian lands, is an open-air historical and ethnographic museum. It has been recreated to full scale as a fortress of the Baltic Slavs from the early Middle Ages, speci…
The Estate of Princes Golitsyn-Prozorovsky 'Zubrilovka'
Zubrilovo likely appeared in the early 18th century on lands granted to the noble Zubarev family. In 1780, the village became part of the Serdobsky district of the Saratov province, and in the early 19th century it trans…
Russian-Baltic Wagon Factory in Riga
In the 1860s, the Belgian-German company "Van der Zypen & Charlier" received an order to build 500 cars for the Riga-Dvina Railway. To avoid paying import duties, in 1869 they opened a branch in Riga for assembling cars …
Church of St. Mary Magdalene
The first church of Mary Magdalene was consecrated in Mariupol in 1791. The church, known as the Russian or Burlatskaya, lasted for a hundred years before being dismantled. In its place, a chapel was built in memory of t…
Arkhangelskoye Estate in the Moscow Region
Arkhangelskoye Estate is one of the most picturesque palace and park ensembles in Moscow and the Moscow region. The park surrounding the palace complex gives the estate a resemblance to Versailles.
Throughout different …
Altufyevo Estate in Moscow
The Altufyevo estate with the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross represents a complex of architectural monuments from the 18th to 20th centuries in Moscow and is an example of garden and park art.
There is a ver…
The House-Museum of Poet S.A. Klychkov in Taldom District
The name of Sergey Antonovich Klychkov remained in the shadows for a long time. His friend Sergey Yesenin called him "a truly beautiful people's poet" and dedicated the poem "I do not regret, I do not call, I do not cry.…
Free Russian Printing House
The Free Russian Printing House, also known as the Free Russian Book Printing, was founded by Alexander Ivanovich Herzen in 1853 in London. Its purpose was to print works banned in Russia, primarily of a democratic and r…
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 …
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, …
