St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church in Baklanovo
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is located on a rising bank terrace above the valley of the Nepolod River, where the dried-up river Merin flowed into it. The first mention of the village of Bokanova appears i…
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bolshaya Kulikivka
The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bolshaya Kulikivka was built in 1808 and is located on the outskirts of the village, near a wide ravine where the dried-up stream of Kulikov used to flow. Some…
Church of the Twelve Apostles in Vyatsky Posad
The small church dedicated to the 12 Apostles is located to the left of the entrance to the spiritual Orthodox center. Services are held here on Sundays and on holidays. The building was originally constructed as a tempo…
Monument to Peter I (Tallinn)
During the Great Northern War on September 29, 1710, the Swedish garrison in Reval (now Tallinn) surrendered to the Russian troops commanded by Peter I. A century later, it was planned to commemorate this event, but the …
Don Monastery (Moscow)
In 1591, when Kazy-Girey approached Moscow, Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich ordered a procession with the Don Icon of the Mother of God around the city walls and then placed it in the field church of the Russian army. The night b…
Memory Garden
The Butovo firing range was under the control of the NKVD. According to historians, executions took place here starting in 1935. In the 1970s, KGB employees disguised thirteen large burial sites, turning them into an app…
Church of Boris and Gleb (Kideksha)
Located 4 km east of Suzdal, the village of Kideksha was home to the medieval residence of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. Here stands the church dedicated to the first Russian saints Boris and Gleb. Built in 1152, it is the olde…
Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Novoselka Nerlyanskaya)
The Resurrection Church in the village of Novoselka Nerlyanskaya majestically rises on a high bank of the Nerl River, harmoniously fitting into the surrounding landscape. It is rightly included in the list of protected a…
Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Krasnoye-on-Volga
The village of Krasnoye is first mentioned in historical documents in 1569, when its owner was the chamberlain I.D. Vorontsov, a descendant of the murza Cheta, who, according to legend, founded the Ipatiev Monastery in K…
Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Krasnoe-on-the-Volga
The chapel at the Holy spring of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is located in the village of Krasnoe-on-the-Volga in the Krasnoselsky District of the Kostroma Region. This wooden octagonal structure with a tent-like roof …
