Astashev's Income House
The former Astashev's income house, located at Zverinskaya Street, 17b, was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries according to the design of academic architect Vladimir Kurzanov. This architect, known for his …
Assumption Cathedral
The Assumption Cathedral is built in the Russian national style and features a traditional cross-dome composition typical of such structures. Three semicircular apses adjoin it from the east, and a small bell tower is lo…
First Building of the Government Offices
This building housed the provincial government and the treasury chamber, where the satirical writer M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin served from 1865 to 1866. At his initiative, a public library and a mutual aid fund for employee…
Lermontov Library
House No. 10, located at the intersection of Belinsky and Lermontov streets, is the Penza Regional Scientific Library named after M. Yu. Lermontov. The construction of the building began in 1914 in honor of the centenary…
Second Building of the Administrative Offices
The building was constructed between 1791 and 1794 by the Penza merchant of the first guild K. P. Alferov, based on the design of architect Y. A. Ananyin from Nizhny Novgorod. It housed provincial and district institutio…
Building of the Scientific Archive Commission
The Archive Commission, established on September 9, 1901, in honor of the centenary of the restoration of the Penza province, played a significant role in studying the region. It published three volumes of the "Proceedin…
The Tenishev Estate
The Tenishev estate consisted of a main wooden house with a mezzanine, outbuildings, and three wings. One of the wings, made of stone, was transformed into a cathedral mosque in 1893-1894 according to the design of archi…
Vvedenskaya Church
The stone church in honor of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with chapels dedicated to Archangel Michael (on the right) and the Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysos…
Ginzburg House
Gorodetsky Street, one of the most picturesque streets in Kyiv. It was laid out in 1895 on the territory of the Mering estate, which belonged to Professor of Medicine Friedrich Friedrichovich Mering. After his death, his…
Sarajevo Assassination
On August 1, it has been 108 years since Russia entered World War I to protect Serbia. The conflict was triggered by the assassination of the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife in Sarajev…
