Mikhelson's House
On Pushkinskaya Street, there is a courtyard that is especially dear to me. In this corner, two magnificent houses are hidden, from which it is impossible to look away. Their decorations include female heads, exquisite s…
Dam on the Iset River, Heart of the Ural Capital
Visiting Yekaterinburg and not seeing the dam on the Iset River means missing an important part of the city. Locals and visitors affectionately call it "plotinka." It is the main attraction of Yekaterinburg, impressing w…
Massandra Winery Collection
The collection of wines from the Massandra winery is considered the largest in the world. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records and includes about a million bottles of domestic wine and 700 brands of foreign wine.…
Lobanov-Rostovsky House in St. Petersburg
The Lobanov-Rostovsky mansion, known as the House with Lions, is one of the most famous buildings in St. Petersburg. It was built between 1817 and 1820 according to the design of Auguste Montferrand, the renowned archite…
Russian Cemetery of Cocade in Nice (France)
The memorial Russian cemetery of Cocade, located on the western outskirts of Nice, is an Orthodox cemetery that opened in 1867 and was previously known as the Nikolaevskoye.
The history of this cemetery is closely linke…
Olgovo Estate in the Moscow Region
Olgovo Estate, an ancient property of the Apraksins, is located in the Dmitrovsky District of the Moscow Region. Until 1820, this place was called Lygovo and in the 16th century belonged to the palace department. In the …
Valrose Castle in Nice
Valrose Castle in Nice, a monument of 19th-century architecture, is one of the famous attractions of the French Riviera. It was built with the funds of Russian state councilor and entrepreneur Pavel Grigorievich von Derw…
Spaso-Andronikov Monastery
Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, formerly a male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, is located on the left bank of the Yauza River. It was founded in 1357 by Metropolitan Alexius as a metropolitan monastery and named a…
Russians in Monte Carlo Casino
Nice, this amazing place on the French Riviera, once became popular among high-ranking and famous Russians. Almost all members of the Romanov dynasty visited here, as well as renowned writers, artists, and officials.
In…
Empress Alexandra's Contribution to Nice's Prosperity
October 26, 1856, became an important date in the history of Villefranche, Nice, and the entire Côte d'Azur. On this day, the recently widowed Russian Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna disembarked from the Sardinian frigate "…
