Church of Peter and Paul in Soligalich
One of the first buildings in the classical style in Soligalich is the cemetery church located outside the city. Its construction dates back to 1813, although some sources indicate 1815. The church was built with funds f…
Exemplary Barracks
The gubernatorial house "Exemplary Barracks" in Kronstadt is a complex of buildings that is a monument of civil architecture of federal significance. Its construction began in 1717 and continued until 1725, with completi…
Monument to Peter the Great (Kronstadt)
The monument to Peter I, located in the center of Peter's Park, became the third in Russia dedicated to this emperor.
The first monument, known as the "Bronze Horseman," appeared in 1782 in Senate Square thanks to the s…
Church of Sergius from Zaluzhye in Pskov
Previously, the site where the church now stands was a large swamp known as "luzhishche," from which the name "Zaluzhye" originated. The Sergiev gates were once called Luzhskie. There is no exact data on the construction…
Monument 'In Memory of the Ice Battle'
The monument on Mount Sokoliha was erected in 1993 in honor of the Ice Battle of 1242, when Russian troops led by Alexander Nevsky defeated the German knights of the Livonian Order on the ice of Lake Chud. Historians ass…
Church of Nicholas from Usokha
The Church of Nicholas from Usokha, built in 1536, is a significant monument of the ancient Opotsky district. Originally erected in 1371, it was restored after a fire in 1536. At that time, it was the second largest buil…
Nikitin Mansion (Chita)
Gabriel Vlassievich Nikitin, a graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts, was born in the village of Barsukovskaya in Kuban. In 1900, he began his career as an architect in Transbaikalia, working at the Nerchinsk penal la…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church (Chita)
The main church of the city rises on the Railway Square, where a sports stadium used to be. This is the central temple of the Transbaikal Diocese, distinguished by its beautiful architecture. The building is designed in …
St. Basil's Church on the Hill in Pskov
The temple of St. Basil the Great, located on an elevation, is one of the most famous architectural monuments of the 15th-16th centuries. Despite numerous attempts to destroy it, it has survived to this day thanks to div…
Pogankin's Chambers in Pskov
The chambers were built in the 1670s at the request of the Pskov merchant Sergey Pogankin, one of the wealthiest people of his time. Despite this, they appear quite modest and devoid of decorations, although their size i…
