Sbiten
What ancient Slavic drinks are known to many? Probably kvass, mors, and mead. However, sbiten also enjoyed great popularity. In pre-revolutionary Penza, it could be tried at a café on Moskovskaya Street, 70.
This café w…
Metropol Hotel
The upper part of Moskovskaya Street was renowned as an aristocratic district. This status was confirmed by everything around: from wealthy merchant houses to the prestigious hotel of Mr. Varentsov at Moskovskaya, 1.
Th…
Korobov Stone Chambers
The Korobov Stone Chambers, one of the significant landmarks of Kaluga, were built in the second half of the 17th century with funds from merchant and district elder Kirill Ivanovich Korobov, who traded in salt, bread, a…
The Racecourse
What Russian does not love fast riding! In the era of the Russian Empire, horse racing was particularly popular in Penza, held at the racecourse in the area of modern Western Glade on Mira Street.
In 1848, the Society o…
Church Built in 1753
In the Neverkinsky district, there is a village with a symbolic name, Teryaevka, which seems to have predetermined its fate to be forgotten. There has long been no road here, and in the village itself, there remains only…
The Tolmachev House
One of the most remarkable architectural ensembles in Kaluga is the Tolmachev House, built in 1814 on the order of the wealthy merchant Khvostikov. It was constructed on the site of an old estate destroyed during Napoleo…
Merchant V.I. Zubov's House
The wooden house was originally located in the historical center of Barnaul, at the intersection of Socialist Avenue (Soborny Lane) and Bolshaya Olonskaya Street. It was built in the early 20th century on the order of me…
Execution Site of the Death Penalty
The dense grove outside the city became a place of execution in 1907. The first executed was the terrorist Nikolai Pchelintsev. At the beginning of the 20th century, he joined the socialist-anarchist group of German Veli…
Teleghin Estate
The history of the horse breeding farm, founded in the Oryol province by Vasily Nikolaevich Teleghin, spans almost 150 years. The farm was established in the early 1870s. In 1903, Teleghin moved with his estate to the ou…
Kalashnikov's Beer
Today, the surname Kalashnikov is mostly associated with the famous automatic rifle, but in Tsarist Russia, it was linked to beer. This popular brand of the drink could be purchased in Penza at Kuprina Street, 5.
At thi…
