Executed Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl became the first city in the history of Russia that was almost completely destroyed by aviation. The video presents horrifying footage of the aftermath of the suppression of the Yaroslavl uprising.
On July 6, …
Mechnikov at the Pasteur Institute in Paris
On November 14, 1888, the grand opening of the Pasteur Institute took place in Paris in the presence of the President of France, Marie François Sadi Carnot. This scientific institution was built and equipped with funds r…
Memorial Plaque for I.I. Mechnikov in Kharkiv
Ilya Mechnikov studied at the 2nd Kharkiv Male Gymnasium from 1856 to 1862, starting from the second grade, and graduated with a gold medal. During this period, he lived with his brother Nikolai in a private boarding hou…
The First Dairy Store of A.V. Chichkin
Alexander Chichkin, having taken out a loan, opened his first store in 1888. It was the "Exemplary Dairy" at Petrovka, 17. Today, this building no longer exists, as between 1911 and 1914, a residential building was erect…
The First Factory of Alexander Chichkin
At the end of 1910, the construction of a dairy factory owned by Alexander Chichkin was completed in Moscow, which became the largest in Europe. While European factories processed 10 to 30 tons of milk per day, this fact…
Alexander Chichkin, Father of the Japanese Miracle
At the dairy enterprises of Chichkin, more than three thousand people worked. He paid great attention to personnel management and personally knew about two thousand employees. Alexander Vasilyevich sought to create comfo…
I.S. Turgenev in Karlovy Vary
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev came to Karlovy Vary for treatment on the recommendation of his French doctors in 1873, 1874, and 1875. He always stayed at the "English King" boarding house on Castle Hill.
"In two days I will…
N.V. Gogol in Karlovy Vary
Gogol spent almost 12 years abroad, starting his long journey in 1836 with visits to Germany and Switzerland. Here he began actively working on the novella "Taras Bulba" and the novel "Dead Souls," the idea for which was…
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…
