Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Bogorodsk
The village of Bogorodsk is located in the Sergač district.
According to the order of the Department of Historical and Cultural Heritage Protection of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region dated April 24, 2000,…
Ascension of the Lord Church in Achka
The first church in the village was built about 400 years ago. According to data collected by the famous local historian of the Sergach district, N.I. Soldatova, in the central archive of the Nizhny Novgorod region, ther…
Pokrovskaya Church (Alexandrov)
The monument does not have a chronicle date. The Trinity Church is first mentioned in 1571 in connection with the wedding of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich. From the late 1560s until 1582, the priest of the cathedral was the f…
Worker Relief
In 1920, the relief "Worker" was embedded in the building of the Petrovsky Passage on Petrovka Street, created by sculptor M.G. Maziner.
The figure of the worker in the relief somewhat resembles Rodin's famous "Thinker.…
Novodevichy Convent in Moscow
Novodevichy Convent in Moscow was founded in 1524 by Grand Prince Vasily III in honor of the return of Smolensk from the control of the Lithuanian principality in 1514, which was an important milestone in the formation o…
Alexin Art and Local History Museum
The Alexin Art and Local History Museum was founded in 1974 and opened its doors to the first visitors in December 1980. It is located in the historical part of the city in a three-story mansion that previously belonged …
Victory Memorial (Aleshin)
The memorial complex measuring 30 by 55 meters includes a square and paths paved with concrete slabs. In the center of the composition stands a sculpture of a soldier with a cloak thrown over his shoulders, holding a rif…
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Putinki
The church, located at the beginning of Malaya Dmitrovka, is the last of its kind. Its construction marked the end of an entire architectural era in Russian church architecture. In the 20th century, it remained the only …
Memorial of the Great Patriotic War (Almetyevsk)
During the years of the Great Patriotic War, out of 18,000 residents of Almetyevsk who went to the front, only 8,000 returned.
The monument was created based on the project of architect A. Kiselev, artist V. Bushurova f…
Rotunda in Voronezh
From Moscow Avenue, the Line of Military Glory stretches towards the northeastern districts of the right bank part of Voronezh, where important battles for the city took place. In those days, this area was called the dis…
