Museum of Russian Icons at the Holy Pafnuty Borovsky Monastery
The museum occupies two rooms: in the first, visitors can learn about the history of the Holy Pafnuty Borovsky Monastery. Here, old photographs of the monastery, liturgical items found during restoration in the 20th cent…
Temple of St. Hilarion the Great in Optina Monastery
In 1873, the abbot of the skete, Elder Hilarion, suffered from a prolonged and severe illness, which led him to consider the necessity of creating a well-equipped hospital for the sick brethren. Father Hilarion bequeathe…
Church of All Saints at the Monastery Cemetery of Optina Pustyn
Behind the monastery fence, on the southern side, a new cemetery was established in 1858 for the burial of the younger brethren and pilgrims. At the request of benefactors, it was decided to build a church on the cemeter…
Chapel at the Burial Site of the Murdered Optina Monks
On the night of April 18, 1993, three monks of the Russian Orthodox Church were murdered in Optina Pustyn: Hieromonk Vasily (Roslyakov) and monks Ferapont (Pushkaryov) and Trofim (Tatarnikov).
On the evening of April 17…
Negotiations in Portsmouth, 1905
Negotiations in Portsmouth in 1905. From left to right: representatives of Russia, Korostovets, Nabokov, Witte, Rosen, Planson; representatives of Japan, Adachi, Otiay, Komura, Takahira, Sato.
On September 5 (August 23 …
Russian Center named after N.I. Borodina, Merano
Founded in June 2009, the "Russian Center" is the successor of the Russian Borodina Foundation, whose history dates back to the last century. The main goals of the center include the development of cultural, social, and …
Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery and the Tragic Fate of Margarita Tuchkova
Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery, the first monument to the fallen heroes of the Battle of Borodino, was founded by Margarita Mikhailovna Tuchkova in 1839 in memory of her husband, Major General Alexander Alekseevich Tuchkov, …
Church of the Holy Trinity (Pereslavl District)
In 1712, in the village of Veliky Dvor, Prince Afanasy Fyodorovich Shakhovskoy erected a church in honor of the Holy Trinity, after which the village was renamed Troitskoye. By 1736, the church had deteriorated significa…
Temeriny Estate
From the central street of Rostov, one can see the oldest residential building in the city, the estate from the early 19th century, previously owned by the factory owners and honorary citizens of Pereslavl, the Temeriny …
Shalanin Typography
Opposite the 19th-century Simeon Church, where a trading house is now located, the city typography was opened in 1879, owned by M.M. and A.M. Shalanin. In this typography, where ten people worked, over a hundred years ag…
