Russian Hill
Russian Hill, known as Russkiy Kholm or Russkaya Gorka, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA. The name of the area is linked to the Gold Rush period when a small Russian cemetery was located at the top of …
Train of His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II
Once, Finland was part of the Russian Empire, and the memory of this period is still alive. The country has preserved houses belonging to Russian noble families, as well as extensive museum collections. In the main squar…
Monument to Catherine the Great
The monument to Catherine II, which has not survived, was installed in Ekaterinoslav, now known as Dnipro.
This monument appeared on Sobornaya Square in 1846, which was called October Square in 1919 and 2015. It was loc…
Battle of Poltava
On July 8, 1709, six versts from Poltava, located in Left-Bank Ukraine, one of the largest battles of the Northern War took place between Russian and Swedish troops, ending in the defeat of Charles XII's army.
In April …
The House of Merchant Asmaev in Rostov
One of the remarkable examples of pre-revolutionary architecture in Rostov-on-Don is the residential house of merchant Asmaev, built in the early last century. Asmaev, a merchant of the 2nd guild, was a wealthy man who t…
Income House of Simon Ruvińskiy
One of the pre-revolutionary mansions in Rostov-on-Don is the house of Simon Leizerovich Ruvińskiy. This enterprising man, coming from a poor family of Rostov Jews, amassed his first significant capital in just a few yea…
Income House of Entrepreneur Lisitsin in Rostov
At the beginning of modern Shaumyan Street in the center of Rostov-on-Don, at number two, stands a pre-revolutionary income house built in the early last century by entrepreneur Lisitsin. History has not preserved the na…
Income House of Mikhail Kulakov (Osip Mandelstam Performed Here)
One of the notable pre-revolutionary buildings on Shaumyan Street, formerly known as Dmitrievskaya, is the income house of Mikhail Kulakov, which has a rich history. Today, it is difficult to determine who was the first …
Residential House of Merchant Volkov in Rostov
In Rostov-on-Don, there are not many small residential houses from the pre-revolutionary period, unlike apartment buildings. One of the surviving single-story structures in the historical center of the city is the house …
Demolished Residential Building of Vikentiy Poltarak
Unfortunately, in our time, the historical heritage of Russia continues to be ruthlessly destroyed. Rostov-on-Don is no exception: over the past 10 years, 150 buildings have been demolished here, including the pre-revolu…
