Vorontsovka
The settlement of spiritual Christians-Molokans Vorontsovka was founded in 1834. It was named after Count M. S. Vorontsov, who allowed the resettlement of Molokans from the Shemakhinsky district to Lori.
In 1928, the se…
Molkans in San Francisco
On the way to Russian Hill, where the Molkans from San Francisco settled, our guide told us how they migrated here. Once, the Molkans lived on the Volga, but the tsarist government oppressed them by sending priests and m…
Allied Cemetery 'Zeitenlik'
The Allied Cemetery 'Zeitenlik' in Greece is the burial site of soldiers from France, Serbia, England, Italy, and Russia who died in the Balkans during World War I. There are about 20,000 graves in total, with the Russia…
Photos of Residents in 1914 (Veckanovo)
In 1914, Finnish ethnographer and folk music researcher Armas Otto Väisänen visited the village of Veckanovo in the Samara province. At that time, he received a scholarship from the Finno-Ugric Society and traveled to Ru…
Monument to Ushakov
On August 11, 1791, the Russian squadron under Admiral Ushakov achieved victory over the Turkish fleet near Cape Kaliakra. Russia's losses amounted to 17 men. After the Turkish defeats at Rymnik in 1789, the fall of Izma…
The Great Kolyvanskaya Vase
The Great Kolyvanskaya Vase, one of the main symbols of the Altai region, is depicted on the coat of arms and flag of the region. This stone masterpiece made of jasper, known as the "queen of vases," is the largest bowl …
Novo-Hopovo Monastery
In 1920, nuns from the Lesninsky Monastery moved to Hopovo from Bessarabia at the invitation of Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije. They were led by Abbesses Ekaterina (Yefimovskaya) and Nina (Kosakovskaya). They revived female…
Stolypin's Dacha / Assassination Site
The assassination was organized by the Petersburg group of the "Union of Socialist-Revolutionaries-Maximalists," created in early 1906. Stolypin evoked hatred among revolutionaries due to the brutal suppression of their …
Lower Dacha
The Lower Dacha is the place where Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich was born, as well as his sisters, Grand Duchesses Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna.
After the revolution, the Lower Dacha was transformed into a mu…
Yalta Memorial
The memorial "Twelve Answers to Tragedy," also known as the Yalta Memorial, is located in the Yalta Memorial Garden on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, west London. It is dedicated to the memory of people handed over t…
