Monument to N.N. Rukavishnikov
Twice awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov was born in 1932 in Tomsk to a family of railway workers. Here he spent his childhood and began his youth: he went to scho…
Borisoglebsky Monastery (Smolensk)
The Smadyn River, flowing into the Dnieper, created a convenient bay for stopping ships, which played an important role in the development of the area as the western port of Smolensk, oriented towards Kyiv. In 1015, Prin…
Church of Peter and Paul in Gorodyanka
The Church of Peter and Paul is the oldest architectural monument in Smolensk. It was built in the 40s-50s of the 12th century by Prince Rostislav Mstislavich, presumably as a country church in the areas where the prince…
House-Ship
Some researchers attribute the "House-Ship" to symbolic romanticism. They note that this building was constructed during the heyday of Soviet avant-garde, when architects boldly proposed unconventional solutions.
Archit…
Horseshoe House
The building is located in the Posadskaya part of the city, not far from the main highway, Lenin Avenue. Its semicircular part faces the street, while the inner courtyard extends deep into the block. It dominates the sur…
Captain Bezobrazov's Expedition: From Reds to India and Back
After the October Revolution, 26-year-old front-line soldier of World War I Sergey Bezobrazov returned to his native Tashkent and was shocked: there was hunger, dying people lay in the streets, a typhus epidemic raged, a…
The Route of Merchant Siberikov
In 1932, the crew of the ship "Alexander Siberikov" along with participants of a scientific expedition led by Otto Schmidt made a historic voyage from Arkhangelsk to Japan in one navigation for the first time in Russian …
Russian Ethnos: The Semeiskie Old Believers
In Russia, there are several local groups of Russians, such as Chaldons, Vodlozers, Russkoustintsy, and Zatundrennye peasants, among others. Among them, the so-called "Semeiskie" stand out. Despite being in the 21st cent…
Why the Tale of the Scarlet Flower is NOT Plagiarism?
At one point, it was claimed in the West that everything Russian is plagiarism. They said that the Kalashnikov rifle is a copy of the German StG 44, that car designs were borrowed from Ford, and that dumplings are not du…
The House of Steamboat Captain Lyubimov
One of the most beautiful architectural monuments in Perm is the house of steamboat captain Lyubimov, which now houses the local theater for young spectators. The building was erected at the turn of the 19th and 20th cen…
