Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Abastumani
Abastumani is a resort that became known among tuberculosis and lung disease patients after these lands were reclaimed from the Ottoman Empire in the first third of the 19th century. It is located in the gorge of the Aba…
Memorial and Cemetery of Red Army Soldiers
Burial of privates, sergeants, and senior soldiers.
Nikolskiy Museum of Glass and Crystal
The collection was created in 1789 at the Nikolsk-Bakhmetevsky factory and originally represented a sample room. By 1914, it was already mentioned in documents as a museum. Three generations of the Bakhmetev family and P…
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The church in the village of Koprino, built in 1787, was the main attraction of this place. It stood out for its size in the district. The five-domed temple with a tall bell tower and "Petersburg" spire had seven bells. …
Noble Town in Muromtsevo
These buildings in the photographs could serve as excellent backdrops for historical films. Here, one could shoot scenes about the Middle Ages, the deeds of Peter the Great, or adapt works of Russian classics. Once, in t…
Rekka Income House
Rekka Income House
The majestic building at Prechistenka Street, 13 in Moscow, located at the corner with Lopukhinsky Lane, was constructed in 1911 by order of a trading and construction society under the guidance of Ya…
Victory of Russian Ingenuity over the Crimean Khan
The history of Russia's military victories is full of astonishing events that sometimes seem fictional but actually occurred. One such example of Russian ingenuity is the repulsion of the invasion by the Crimean Khan Gaz…
Fountains and Cascades
On August 20, 1721, the famous fountains and cascades were launched in Peterhof for the first time, becoming a monument to the world hydraulic engineering of the 18th-19th centuries.
The idea of creating a summer reside…
Rudolph Island
On August 21, 1858, in the castle of Laxenburg, near Vienna, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria was born. He was the only son of the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Franz Joseph I and his wife, Empress Elisabeth, born…
Old Believers in Argentina
The residents of the Argentine town of Choele-Choel have long been accustomed to girls in traditional Russian dresses and men in kosovorotkas, as well as to an unusual Russian accent. These people, descendants of Old Bel…
