The Kurenkov House
The house was built by merchant of the second guild Ivan Yakovlevich Kurenkov, a representative of an ancient Kovrov family, whose history can be traced back to the 17th century. The owners never lived in this house, usi…
Russian Pacific Fleet
May 21 marks the day of the Russian Pacific Fleet. On this day in 1731, an edict by Empress Anna Ioannovna was issued in Moscow establishing the Okhotsk Military Flotilla based in Okhotsk, which became the first permanen…
Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered saints in Russian tradition. In the 4th century, he lived in Lycia, an ancient land, and was the bishop of the city of Myra, which is now called Demre and is located…
The House of Noblewoman E.O. Selivanova
The house was built in 1896 according to the design of architect Y.O. Dyutel, combining the Art Nouveau style with elements of pseudo-Russian style. Initially, it was part of an urban estate owned by the aristocratic rep…
Church of John the Theologian
In 1687, at the request of Archimandrite Gerasim of the Theological Monastery, a church was built in honor of John the Theologian, which was consecrated by the Rostov Metropolitan Ion III Sysoevich. In the early 17th cen…
Church of Seraphim of Sarov in Fedino
The church dedicated to St. Seraphim of Sarov was built in the estate of P. D. Akhlestyshev in 1912. The construction was overseen by V. V. Suslov, the project author. During the 1905 revolution, Pavel Dmitrievich Akhles…
Tsiolkovsky House Museum in Kaluga
On September 19, 1936, the memorial house-museum of Tsiolkovsky opened in Kaluga. In this house, the outstanding Russian scientist lived from the spring of 1904 until 1933, after which he moved to another house in Kaluga…
Museum and Local History Center of Batenkov
In 2010, a house-museum dedicated to Gavriil Stepanovich Batenkov, a renowned engineer and Decembrist who participated in the wars against Napoleon, opened in Kaluga. After being released from exile, he lived in this cit…
Kaluga Trading House
One of the architectural gems of Kaluga is the Trading House, built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries on the site of old wooden trading buildings. The initiator of its construction was Mikhail Nikitich Krechetiko…
Kaluga House of Crafts
On December 29, 1992, a unique museum of folk art opened in Kaluga. It is located in a mid-19th century house adorned with wood carvings, which is a monument of history and architecture and an object of cultural heritage…
