Church of Sergius of Radonezh in Dzerzhinsk
The cornerstone for the Sergius Church in Dzerzhinsk was consecrated on December 25, 2010, and the Great Consecration of the church took place less than two years later, on October 21, 2012.
A significant event for the …
St. Nicholas Church in Reshetikha
The Nikolskaya Church in Reshetikha, the "youngest" in Chernorechye, was built in 1900 thanks to the funds of industrialist P.M. Guriyev, who established a net-weaving industry in this region. In addition to the church, …
Kaminsky Estate 'Saburov Fortress'
Saburov Fortress, which represents the remnants of the garden fence of the Kaminsky estate in Saburovo, Oryol District, is one of the main attractions of the Oryol region. This architectural and urban ensemble includes a…
Golun Estate of the Golitsyns
Golun is a village in the Novosilsky District of the Oryol Region of Russia, serving as the administrative center of the Golunsky rural settlement.
Since 1776, Golun has been home to the estate of the princes Golitsyn. …
Lopukhin Estate Retiazhy
The Retiazhy estate was owned by Ivan Vladimirovich Lopukhin, a well-known public and state figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who was an actual secret advisor, senator, philosopher, publicist, and publish…
Kantemirov-Bezborodko Estate in Dmitrovsk
In the Oryol region, on the picturesque bank of the Obcheritsa River in the southern part of Dmitrovsk, lies the ancient architectural ensemble, the Kantemirov and Bezborodko estate. It was founded in 1715 by the decree …
The Novosiltsev Estate 'at Voina'
The village of First Voina got its name from two local rivers: the Great Voina, now known as the Kola River, and the Small Voina, or Voinki. A 1927 directory mentions several neighboring settlements with similar names: V…
The Protassov Estate Muratovo
The lands in the Korchakovsky district of the Oryol province belonged to the Bunin family since the late 17th century. E.N. Ashikhmina notes that in the late 18th century, the villages of Muratovo, Krasnaya Slobodka, and…
Plescheyev Estate in the Village of Bolshaya Chern
The village of Bolshaya Chern is located on the right bank of the Nugr River, 11 kilometers southwest of Bolkhov. It previously belonged to the Lokonskaya volost and was also known by the names "Chern" and "Rozhdestvensk…
The Last Owner of the 'Polotnyany Factory'
In the portrait created by artist Vladimir Gau, Natalia Nikolaevna Pushkina (Goncharova) is depicted, recognized as the first beauty of Russia and the wife of the great poet. In the photograph next to her is her great-gr…
