Dacha in the Village of Kstovo
Dacha furniture in the Russian style, known as Russian modern, was created by the Yaroslavl brewer and merchant Ivan Durdin. It was made in 1910 in Savinov's carpentry workshop by master Sorokin and his apprentice Shunae…
Bogdanovo-Vitovo Estate in Kostroma Region
In the remote village of Trifonich in the Kostroma region stands a magnificent merchant estate in the Art Nouveau style. If it weren't for the surrounding birch trees and the picturesque banks of the Volga, one might thi…
Old Believers Community in Sydney
Australia is a remote continent surrounded by the waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is often called the land of kangaroos and emus, as these animals are depicted on the country's coat of arms. The majority of t…
Russian folk costumes from the village of Bolshaya Izhmora
Russian folk costumes from the village of Bolshaya Izhmora in the Kerensky district of the Penza province, now part of the Zemetchinsky district, are considered some of the best in the collection of the Penza Local Histo…
Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery
Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery, a women's monastery of the Moscow regional diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, is located on Borodino Field, near the village of Semyonovskoye in the Borodino rural settlement. It was foun…
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Cathedral in Penza
Over the years of the revolution, my native Penza disappeared. One day I received an album with photographs of Soviet Penza and was struck by how the power of this 'internationalist' party disfigured the city. Faceless p…
Penza Market
Trade in the markets of the Russian Empire was strictly regulated, and the authorities closely monitored compliance with sanitary standards. Let's consider this using the example of the Penza province. The trading areas …
Marble Soap
In 1845, a serf from Yaroslavl, having gained his freedom, went to the capital in search of a better life. There, he existed for a long time as a small trader until he decided to engage in soap production, which was in h…
Don Monastery
The commandments of Christ about love for one’s neighbor have been forgotten and trampled: every day we receive news of brutal beatings of innocent people, even those lying in hospital beds. Their only guilt is that they…
The First Olympic Team of the Russian Empire
The founder of the Russian Olympic movement was Vladimir Nikolaevich Voeykov. He was also the last commandant of the Winter Palace, a close associate of Nicholas II, and the head of his security. However, his fame was no…
