Russian Collection of the British Museum in London
This well-known historical and archaeological institution in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is dedicated to the culture, art, and history of humanity. Founded in 1753, the museum opened its doors to the p…
Russian Collection of the British Library (London)
The British Library is one of the largest in the world and is among the five libraries of legal deposit in the UK. Its collections contain about 150 million items, with approximately 3 million new items added each year. …
Russian Collection at Cambridge University Library
The Cambridge University Library was founded in the early 15th century, and its modern building was constructed in 1934 according to the design of architect George Gilbert Scott. The library holds about eight million sou…
Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary in Palo Alto, USA
The Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary in Palo Alto, California, was built in part thanks to donations from employees of AMPEX. The founder of this company was Russian émigré Alexander Matveyevich Poniatov,…
Income House of Architect Nikonov
The income house of diocesan architect Nikonov is located at Kolokolnaya Street, 11. Nikonov built it as an income house, and his mother also lived here, although that is another story.
The building, despite its pronoun…
Russian Rarities at the Royal Museum of Military History in Brussels
The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History of Belgium is a military history museum located in Brussels, in the Park of the Fiftieth Anniversary, slightly away from the city center. The idea of creating the…
Guest House
The Guest House is the largest department store in St. Petersburg, located in the very center of the city between Nevsky Prospect, Lomonosov and Sadovaya Streets, as well as the Perinna Line. The total area of the shops …
St. Catherine's Church in Rome
The Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr, the main temple of the Patriarchal parishes in Italy of the Russian Orthodox Church, is located on the grounds of the Russian embassy complex, the Abamelek villa.
In the lat…
Church of Christ the Savior in San Remo, Italy
The Church of Christ the Savior, St. Catherine the Great Martyr, and St. Seraphim of Sarov, also known as the Russian Church, is a parish church of the Western European Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and i…
Literary and Memorial Museum of I. A. Bunin in Yelets
The Literary and Memorial Museum of I. A. Bunin was opened in Yelets on June 4, 1988, after twenty years of research work. It is known that Bunin lived in Yelets at various addresses, but the museum chose the house where…
