Amphitheater with the Statue of Flora
The amphitheater, conceived as a garden structure in the style of ancient entertainment buildings, was created in 1793 by the architect V. Brenna. On the right bank of the Slavyanka River, Brenna placed the Stone Amphith…
The Zatundra Peasants
The Zatundra peasants are not only residents of northern territories but also a distinct Russian ethnic group. Since the 16th century, they began migrating to Taymyr in search of a better life, primarily from Eastern Pom…
Main Building of Tomsk State University
Tomsk State University, founded in 1878, became the first university beyond the Ural Mountains. Like other universities of that time, it held the status of Imperial and was originally named "Imperial Siberian University …
Old Mill (Village of Pervokrasnoye)
On the outskirts of the village of Pervokrasnoye in the Sorochinsky district of the Orenburg region stands an old abandoned building that once was a mill. Although it looks long deserted from the outside, the mechanisms …
Elementary Factory School in Bogorodsk
The Elementary Factory School at the Arseny Morozov manufactory was founded in Bogorodsk in 1908. This town near Moscow, which has been called Noginsk since 1930, provided free education for boys preparing to become fact…
House-Museum of Academics A.E. and B.A. Arbuzov in Kazan
In the house that now houses the museum, from 1916 to 1968 lived the outstanding organic chemist and founder of the chemistry of organophosphorus compounds, academician Alexander Erminingeldovich Arbuzov (1877-1968). Unt…
The Historic Morozov Mansion
One of the most beautiful pre-revolutionary mansions in Moscow is rightly considered to be the historic Morozov house, founded in 1879. Today, the alley where it is located is called Podsosenka, but it was previously kno…
The Church of Boris and Gleb in Rostov Veliky
The Church of Boris and Gleb in its current form was built in 1761 with funding from local merchants. It is a typical example of provincial baroque: a single-domed church in the shape of a ship, consisting of a high octa…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Podozyorie
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Podozyorie was built at the end of 1745 on the site of an ancient wooden church, thanks to the financial support of parishioners. This event marked an important stage in sto…
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Christmas Rostov Monastery
For the first three centuries, the cathedral in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, like all the buildings of the monastery, was wooden. The stone building of the Christmas Cathedral, the earliest in the ar…
