Monument to Mikhail Panikakha
In Volgograd, a monument to Mikhail Panikakha, a hero of the Soviet Union, was erected in May 1975. The copper sculpture, 6.3 meters tall, stands at the site where the soldier, engulfed in flames, charged at an enemy tan…
The Unboring Garden
You can access the oldest park in Moscow directly from the A. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, but it is more exciting to enter through the main entrance of the Unboring (Alexandrine) Palace on Leninsky Prospek…
The Desiatynna Church in Kyiv
The Desiatynna Church was the first stone church of Kievan Rus, built on the site where, by the order of Prince Vladimir, two Christians, the infant John and his father Theodore, were sacrificed to the pagan god Perun. T…
Lower Houses
The dating of the architectural ensemble of the Lower Houses of the Oranienbaum palace complex remains a subject of debate. Some historians believe they originated during the time the estate belonged to Peter III, that i…
Church of Spyridon of Trimythous (Lomonosov)
Since 1836, a new Guard Corps of the Life Guards was stationed in Oranienbaum. At that time, there were only two churches in the city, and they were far apart, so there was not enough space for everyone. With the arrival…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kromy
In the 17th century, there were eight wooden churches in the village of Kromy. Among them were the cathedral church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in the Zavytay fortress, the parish churches of the Transfigurati…
Chapel of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Livny
The chapel of Alexander Nevsky, belonging to the Oryol and Livny diocese, is located in the city of Livny in the Oryol region.
The brick church of Alexander Nevsky was built between 2011 and 2013 at the initiative of At…
Mesmacher's Dacha
Architect Maximilian Mesmacher built this dacha in the 1870s for his brother Georg, a renowned lawyer in St. Petersburg. By that time, Mesmacher already had significant experience in constructing beautiful dachas in the …
Sergiy Pavlovich Berg's Mansion
The Italian Embassy in Russia is located in the former mansion of Sergiy Pavlovich Berg on Denежный Lane.
According to plans from 1806, there was a estate on this site owned by Countess Ekaterina Petrovna Zotova. The bu…
Ascension of the Lord Church in Malinovo
In the census book of the Livensky district from 1678, the village of Malinovo is mentioned, which belonged to the parish of the Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker. This church was located in the village of Nikolsk, sit…
