Church of St. George the Victorious in Mala Shugory
Mala Shugory, a noble village that has preserved its ancient Merian name. It is located 8 versts from Rostov, near the wells, and includes 24 households, 57 residents, and 57 plots of land.
In 1831, thanks to the effort…
Church of the Epiphany in Krasnovo
Krasnovo, a state village located by a pond and wells, is 14 versts from Rostov. The village has 51 households, with 136 residents, and there are 134 plots of land. In 1870, the Epiphany Church was built here from stone …
Trinity Church in Troitsky Bor
The name of the Trinity Church in Bor comes from an ancient church that was located here. Initially, there was a women's monastery adjacent to the Borisoglebsky men's monastery. The first mentions of the Troitsky Monaste…
Church of the Annunciation in Borisoglebsky Monastery
From 1524 to 1526, a stone church of the Annunciation was built on the site of an old wooden church to the west of the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb. This is one of the few structures whose authorship is documented to the …
The Cathedral of Boris and Gleb in the Borisoglebsky Monastery
By the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century, the wooden churches of the Boris and Gleb Monastery fell into decline. By the decree of Grand Prince Vasily III and at his expense, in 1522, the first stone c…
Church of John the Baptist in Borisoglebsky Monastery
The first mention of the Borisogleb bells appears in the monastery chronicles of 1566, when Tsar Ivan the Terrible gifted the Borisogleb Monastery a bell weighing 138 poods. This bell was the largest in the belfry until …
House of the Artist (Kaliningrad)
The House of the Artist is located in an asymmetrical building, constructed in the 1890s, which originally served as a shelter for Albrecht. After the war, the building was restored and opened as the House of the Artist …
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Borisoglebsky Monastery
The gate church of St. Sergius of Radonezh was built above the southern gates of Borisoglebsky Monastery in the second half of the 17th century, simultaneously with the construction of the defensive walls. This majestic …
Great Siberian Hotel Stakheev
In Moscow, on Bolshoy Zlatooustinsky Lane, there is an impressive building known as the Great Siberian Hotel, built on the order of Nikolai Dmitrievich Stakheev. The best view of it is from the sidewalk at the intersecti…
Borisoglebsky Men's Monastery
In 1363, Sergius of Radonezh blessed the Novgorod monks Feodor and Pavel to establish a monastery. The legend states that Sergius chose the site for the new monastery, predicting its prosperity: "God and the Most Holy Mo…
