Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Maly Kudma
The parish of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Maly Kudma was founded in October 2001, when project, survey, and construction work began. On January 15, 2004, a small consecration of the wooden chu…
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church in Severodvinsk
The history of the parish begins when part of the premises of an emergency children's nursery was handed over to the Orthodox community of Severodvinsk. In the mid-1990s, when the prayer room could no longer accommodate …
Penza as a Shipping Hub
Currently, the Sura River has lost its significance as a shipping artery, and steamers like "Lermontov" and "Chayka" no longer operate. However, before the revolution, dozens of various vessels sailed on the Sura.
Passe…
Ulyanovsk Shipping
Alexey Krylov, shipbuilder and engineer, shares memories of navigation on the Volga and Sura rivers in the 1870s. He recalls the steamships that operated on the Volga in the 1870s and 80s. In the early 70s, passenger ste…
The House of Merchant Solnyshkin
On Kirova Street, the 49th house stands out as the most remarkable from an architectural perspective. This magnificent building belonged to merchant Solnyshkin in the 19th century and is now protected by the state as a m…
Penza Concentration Camp
In 1920, during the height of the Civil War, Lenin sent a telegram to Penza stating: "conduct ruthless terror, imprison all suspicious individuals in a concentration camp outside the city." This "colony" was located on R…
People's Tea House
Who among us does not love to eat deliciously and inexpensively? In pre-revolutionary Penza, the most accessible place for this was the People's Tea House, located near the modern Lenin Square.
The name "People's" was c…
Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in 'Sevmash'
The Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery was founded in the late 14th, early 15th century by St. Euphemius of Korel, known for his educational activities among the Koryels and other peoples of the Far North.
In the 1920s, the Bols…
Annunciation Cathedral in Blagoveshchensk
The Slobodsk-Blagoveshchensk church was founded in 1619. By the end of the 19th century, its parish had 344 households with a population of 2,829 people. In 1641, Blagoveshchensk received the status of a town and include…
Knyaginyn Assumption Monastery in Vladimir
The Knyaginyn Assumption Monastery was founded in 1199 by Princess Maria, known in monasticism as Martha, the wife of Grand Prince of Vladimir Vsevolod Yuryevich. In 1311, the monastery was ravaged by Tatars but was rest…
