Russian People's House in Lviv
The People's House was founded in 1849 by the Main Russian Council at the initiative of priest Lev Treshchakovsky. The Austrian government allocated a plot for construction on the site of the building of Lviv University,…
Battle of Tannenberg
The Battle of Tannenberg, which took place from August 26 to 30, 1914, was a significant battle between Russian and German forces during the East Prussian operation of World War I. It ended in a complete defeat for the R…
Moscow University
It is usually said that Moscow University is located on Sparrow Hills, and this is true, but not entirely: its historical part is situated on Mokhovaya Street. The building with a large dome and wide portico is clearly v…
Zoological Museum (Moscow, Mokhovaya St.)
The building of the Zoological Museum on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, constructed between 1896 and 1902, is considered one of the outstanding works of architect Konstantin Mikhailovich Bykovsky. He created one of the firs…
University Printing House
House number 10 on Strastnoy Boulevard is associated by many residents with the printing house of Moscow University, although this is not its first address. The university printing house with a bookstore was opened in 17…
St. Nicholas Church (Wallsend)
St. Nicholas is an Orthodox parish of the Russian tradition serving Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. The parish includes Belarusians, Ukrainians, Russians, Finns, Macedonians, and other Orthodox Christians of various nat…
Residential Building of A. A. Muromtsev
This two-story house at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Gazetny Lane is a typical example of Moscow architecture from the early 19th century. Its foundation may consist of chambers from the mid-18th century, belong…
The Gudovich House
One of the houses on Bryusov Lane, adorned with stucco and a coat of arms, is part of a large building that once faced Tverskaya Street. In the early 19th century, the house belonged to the sons of Count Ivan Vasilyevich…
House of A.S. Trubetskoy-Bove
It is not exactly known who first owned the estate on Petrovsky (formerly Bogoslovsky) Lane. However, it is known that the stone chambers, built in the shape of the letter P with rich white stone carved window frames and…
Houses of Affordable Apartments Named After G.G. Solodovnikov
From 1906 to 1908, on 2nd Meshchanskaya Street, now Gilyarovskogo Street, at addresses 57 and 65, "houses of affordable apartments for poor people, both single and families" were built according to the designs of archite…
