The Mansion of Konstantin Kondratievich Reineke
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the plot where one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau houses in Saratov now stands belonged to postal official A.M. Nikolsky. His house, located deep within the plot, was two sto…
Memorial Cemetery for Victims of Totalitarian Regime in Abey
The memorial cemetery for victims of the totalitarian regime is located on the outskirts of the village of Abey. The first burials here date back to 1947 and 1948. The majority of the burials occurred in 1949 and 1957, w…
Grotto 'Ruins'
The grotto was designed by architect Osip Ivanovich Bove (1784-1834) during his work on the Kremlin gardens, which were named Alexandrovsky in 1856.
The grotto became the main attraction of the Upper Alexandrovsky Garde…
Brothers Ioanniky and Sofroniy Likhudy
The Likhudy brothers, originating from the Greek island of Cephalonia and descendants of a Byzantine princely lineage, were Orthodox monks and graduates of the University of Padua with doctoral degrees. Ioanniky and Sofr…
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow
Until the early 19th century, there was no tradition of erecting sculptural monuments in Moscow. In honor of significant events, chapels and churches were built, such as St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square, constructed i…
Monument to Field Marshal Keith
The statue of Field Marshal Keith, located on Broad Street in Peterhead, Scotland, is a Category B monument dedicated to James Keith, a Scottish military figure known as a Field Marshal of the Royal Prussian Army.
Altho…
Grave of Nikolai Andreyevich Orlov
Nikolai Andreyevich Orlov (February 26, 1892 - May 31, 1964) was a Russian pianist who actively performed on the concert stage. He was born in Yelets, learned to play the piano from his mother, and then studied under Saf…
Memorial Plaque for Samuel Greig, Notable in the Battle of Chesma
Samuel Greig, known in Russia as Samuel Karlovich Greig, was born on November 30, 1735, in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, and died on October 15, 1788, in Tallinn, Estonia, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Russian ad…
Grave of Eric Thornton-Prent
Eric Thornton-Prent was an artist and art historian, born in Moscow in 1894 to an English family. He left Russia in 1922. He received his education in Italy and worked in Latvia. In 1941, Eric moved to Scotland, where he…
Memorial Plaque for Marks & Spencer
Michael Marks was born in June 1859 in Slonim, in what was then the Russian Empire, now Belarus. In 1881, with no money, he arrived in Stockton-on-Tees as the first wave of Jewish emigration began due to pogroms followin…
