Abandoned Russian Church
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built by Ukrainian Cossacks in the early 19th century, as many internet sources and residents of the village of Amrakits claim. After the earthquake in 1988, the church cea…
Gorky Park, Former Military Garden
The oldest park in our city was originally called the Military Garden and was founded in 1848 to promote horticulture and viticulture in the Black Sea region. By the order of Prince M.S. Vorontsov in 1846, an experienced…
Hotel 'Central'
The 'Central' hotel in Krasnodar, reconstructed by architect Alexander Kozlov, is one of the most famous examples of local modernism. Until 1910, it was a two-story building owned by the Bogarsukov merchants. Following c…
The Nikiforaki House
This house is impossible to miss; it will definitely catch your attention. Today, I will tell its story.
Built in 1910 by architect Alexander Kozlov, known as the "father" of Ekaterinodar modernism, this house became an…
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Chistyakovskaya Grove
Chistyakovskaya Grove is the largest park in our city, covering 43 hectares. It was founded in 1900 and named after the head of Yekaterinodar at that time, Gavrila Chistyakov. He, along with schoolchildren and students, …
The Grave of A. Novokreshenov in the UK
At the military cemetery in Tidworth, British soldiers who died in battles of both world wars are laid to rest. During World War I, soldiers who died from wounds and illnesses in the military hospitals of Tidworth and Fa…
Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul
On the high and rocky left bank of the Zusha River, at the site of the former Small Ostrog of the Mtsensk Fortress, stands a church. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it was the cathedral church of the male Peter Monastery…
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church
The church was built in 1818 with funds from merchant Ivan Nikitich Barykov. The project was developed by the famous Russian architect Abraham Ivanovich Melnikov, who also designed the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in R…
Monument at the Site of Viktor Tsoi's Death
In 1990, the bright yet short life of Viktor Tsoi, the leader of the band "Kino," tragically ended in a car accident near Riga.
Tsoi's true fame came with the song "Peremen," performed in the final scene of the cult fil…
Village of Korobkino
Soloveynya, a place of power, located in the Kursk region. Archaeological studies of the settlement, located one kilometer southwest of the village of Korobkino, have shown that it was inhabited in the 10th-12th centurie…
