A.I. Novikov Wooden Sculpture Museum in Nizhny Novgorod
In Sormovo, in the semi-basement of a residential building, there is a small museum. The exhibition, consisting of more than 300 works, is displayed in two rooms. The museum was created over eight years by one person, An…
Church of the Sacred Heart (Grozny)
After the completion of the Caucasian War, German colonists settled in Grozny. The Russian government, aiming to populate the region with loyal residents, provided them with this opportunity. The church project was creat…
Monument of Friendship of Peoples (Grozny)
In the center of the memorial stands Nikolai Fedorovich Gikalo, a well-known party figure and Russian revolutionary. He has held numerous Soviet, military, and party positions in the North Caucasus. He is depicted in a r…
Kalashnikov Courtyard
The house at the corner of Gubernatorskaya Street (now Nekrasova) and Novgorodskaya Street (now Karl Marx) first appeared on the plans of Pskov in the late 18th century. In the late 1860s, the plot was acquired by mercha…
Monument to Leon Pozemsky
In 1934, the remains of Leon Mikhailovich Pozemsky, one of the organizers and leaders of the Komsomol of Pskov, were reburied in the Square of Revolution Victims, near the obelisk. He died in battles against the White Gu…
Holy Trinity Seraphimo-Diveevo Convent
The Seraphimo-Diveevo Convent is a women's monastery in the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, revered as the fourth earthly abode of the Most Holy Theotokos. It was founded in 1861 and operated unti…
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity at the Serafimo-Diveevo Convent
After the construction of the Christmas churches, the venerable Seraphim entrusted Elena Vasilyevna Manturova to acquire a plot of land near the Kazan church. He bequeathed to her brother, Mikhail Vasilyevich, to preserv…
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord at the Serafimo-Diveevo Convent
The cathedral was laid in 1907 according to the design of architect A. E. Antonov from Moscow. By 1916, construction was mostly completed: the iconostasis and necessary utensils were ready, but heating was lacking. After…
Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin
The construction of the Annunciation Cathedral began under the guidance of St. Seraphim, who said that another church should be built in the monastery, aligned with the bell tower and the Trinity Cathedral, at the end of…
Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
The construction of the temple began in 1773. The three-altar Kazan church was built in the style of Russian, or provincial, baroque. The Kazan and Nikolsky chapels were cold for summer, while the Stefan chapel was warm …
