The Path to Beslan
On March 27, 1920, Cossacks from the Ak-Yurt, Tarskaya, and Sunzhenskaya stanitsas were expelled from their homes by armed Bolshevik detachments and lined up in columns. 72,000 members of Cossack families were forced to …
Cathedral of the Epiphany in the Epiphany-Anastasiia Monastery
March 27 marks the day of the Theodorov Icon of the Mother of God, which is venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church as miraculous. This icon of the Virgin Mary is kept in the Epiphany Cathedral of the Epiphany-Anastasii…
Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery
The Russian people's militia, formed in September 1611 in Nizhny Novgorod to fight against Polish invaders, was led by citizen Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. It continued to actively form on the way from Nizhny…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Kazan Mother of God Monastery
The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, known as the miraculous icon of the Virgin, was discovered in Kazan in 1579 and is one of the most venerated icons of the Russian Orthodox Church.
According to Patriarch Hermogenes, …
Church of the Holy Trinity in Belgrade
General Wrangel died in Brussels in 1928, but over a year later, according to his will, he was buried in the crypt of the Russian church in Belgrade. He rests there to this day, alongside thousands of loyal comrades and …
Pavel Bure Trading House
Watchmaker Pavel Bure founded his factory with experience gained from working with his father, with whom he collaborated from the age of 26. Having received an education at the Petropavlovsk Commercial School, Bure bette…
First International Ballooning Exhibition in St. Petersburg
The first international ballooning exhibition took place in 1911 in St. Petersburg thanks to the initiative of the Imperial Russian Technical Society and was held in the Mikhailovsky Manege.
At the opening ceremony on A…
The 'Skorokhod' Factory
In pre-revolutionary Russia, everyone knew that the best shoes were 'Skorokhods'.
The partnership of the St. Petersburg mechanical shoe production was founded on September 11, 1882. Two years later, it began producing t…
Exhibition of Priamurye in Khabarovsk
In 1913, a significant but now almost forgotten event took place, the Exhibition of the Priamur Region. This year was special for Russia and Khabarovsk, marking the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty and the 55th a…
Diederichs Income House
The factory "Brothers Diederichs" was known in the 19th century in the Russian Empire as a producer of the best grand pianos and pianos. Founded in 1810, the company presented its instruments at an exhibition a little ov…
