Lazarev's Income House in Nizhny Novgorod
The princes Abamelek-Lazarev represented a union of two noble families. The Lazarevs arrived in Russia from Iran in the mid-18th century and led the Armenian diasporas in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Possessing significant…
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Russian and Turkish Baths
During my journey through the Slavic lands, likely in Novgorod, I witnessed an astonishing sight. There, I saw wooden baths that are heated intensely. People strip completely naked, pour leather kvass over themselves, an…
Chapel of Metropolitan Alexius in Nizhny Novgorod
A small wooden summer chapel near the spring of St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, was built not far from the site of the destroyed stone Alexievskaya chapel on the banks of the Oka.
According to legend, in Nizhny Nov…
Annunciation Male Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod
It is believed that the Annunciation Monastery was founded almost simultaneously with Nizhny Novgorod and was devastated in 1229 by the Mordovian prince Purgas. The Laurentian Chronicle mentions the monastery in 1229, wh…
Annunciation Cathedral of the Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod
The temple was built on the site of a white-stone cathedral from the 14th century. The beginning of its construction in 1648 marked the start of stone works in the Annunciation Monastery when Velyamin Cheretkin received …
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Blagoveshchensky Monastery
The building was constructed between 1649 and 1652 after the erection of the Blagoveshchensky Cathedral. It occupies the southwestern part of the monastery and has a G-shaped form on a high sub-church. The Assumption Chu…
The Church in Yelets
Did the church exist?
In the city of Yelets, Lipetsk region, a Lutheran church was built in 1904, depicted on a pre-revolutionary postcard. This building was erected for the workers of the Yelets Brewery, owned by the G…
The Church of Sergius of Radonezh in the Annunciation Monastery of Nizhny Novgorod
Originally, the church was consecrated in honor of Metropolitan Alexius and built of wood by 1690 near the southwest corner of the Annunciation Cathedral with funds from the patriarchal sacristan Joseph Bulgakov, who ret…
Hospital Building of the Blagoveshchensky Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod
The building dates back to the 17th century. It originally bordered the northeastern part of the monastery territory, adjacent to the stone buildings and the gate church of John the Theologian.
Initially, the structure …
Cell Building of the Annunciation Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod
The Annunciation Monastery, the oldest in Nizhny Novgorod, was founded in the early 13th century. It is located in the Nizhny Novgorod district, on the right bank of the Oka River, not far from where it flows into the Vo…
