Borisov Cotton-Spinning Factory
The complex of this manufactory began to take shape in the mid-18th century. The founder of the first large linen factory in the city was collegiate assessor Philipp Fadeevich Ugryumov, who laid its foundation in 1758 by…
Pavlov Factory
Around 1867, the Chechelevs' weaving and dyeing factory, located on the banks of the Trubezh River, was acquired by merchant Sergey Petrovich Pavlov, the father of the city mayor Leonid Sergeevich Pavlov. From that time …
Temeriny Manufactory
The old two-story brick building, located next to the park and the ancient Temeriny mansion, attracts attention with its antiquity. The windows on the first floor, now bricked up, have low arched lintels, and beneath the…
The Albitsky House
According to preserved documents, this house once belonged to the relatives of Peter I's cabinet secretary, Alexei Vasilyevich Makarov (1674, 1750). In the second half of the 19th century, his grandniece Vera Egorovna Ma…
How 'Elites' Were Tamed in the Russian Empire
Secret. To His Excellency Vigel. Count Kirill Razumovsky, traveling from Moscow to his estates, caused disturbances at all stations: he beat people, wounded one with a dagger, shot at another, and took horses without pay…
The Varenzov House
The Varenzov mansion, built in the late 19th century, is a beautiful example of provincial Art Nouveau. The building, with its large decorative windows and a semicircular balcony-veranda overlooking the garden, still ret…
The Gramenički House
Next to the Fedorovsky Monastery in Pereslavl stands a small wooden house, on the facade of which are two memorial plaques. One is dedicated to Mikhail Ivanovich Gramenički (1882-1942), a renowned Russian pharmacologist,…
Women's Gymnasium
The building of the women's progymnasium in Pereslavl-Zalessky, opened in 1873, became a gymnasium in 1903 and is located opposite the children's shelter. This low one-story wooden structure with carved window frames res…
Monument to Black Sea Governor Yevgeny Nikolayevich Volkov
The names of statesmen are often forgotten soon after their departure, but the case of Black Sea Governor Yevgeny Nikolayevich Volkov was different. After many years of slander, his name became known again in Novorossiys…
Zverin-Pokrovsky Monastery in Veliky Novgorod
Zverin-Pokrovsky Monastery, formerly a women's monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, is located in Veliky Novgorod on the left bank of the Volkhov River, near the mouth of the Gzen River.
The name of the monastery i…
