Burial of Wrangel in Belgrade
One of the most respected places in Belgrade is the grave of Baron Peter Nikolayevich Wrangel, the commander of the Russian Army and leader of the White Movement. His final resting place is located in the Russian Church …
Russian School in Peru
Few people know that Teacher's Day, celebrated in October, is also observed in distant Peru. In this country, there is the only private Russian school in Latin America, founded by our compatriot. The school has been oper…
Russian Church of the Holy Trinity in Belgrade
Russian white émigrés, finding themselves in exile, immediately began to build their churches, which became places of attraction and comfort for them. In 1925, the first white émigré Church of the Holy Trinity was establ…
The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Panama
In this house lived the first-wave emigrant Pavel Vladimirovich Ulyantsev. His story deserves special attention. Pavel's mother, born Kolchitskaya, who had Saint Innocent of Irkutsk in her lineage, met her future husband…
The Wrangel Estate in Torosovo
Not far from St. Petersburg lies the small village of Torosovo, where the ruins of the once magnificent estate of the Wrangel barons are located. Here, the famous General Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, a symbol of the White…
Russians in Panama
The Russian community in Panama is relatively small by local standards, numbering no more than 500 permanent residents according to the Russian consulate. Of these, 96% are women from various regions of the CIS who came …
Russian Emigrants in Hawaii
In 1818, during a circumnavigation on the ship "Kamchatka", the famous Russian traveler Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin visited the Sandwich Islands. He left a detailed and humorous description of the country and its inhabi…
Russians in Hawaii
In the autumn of 1909, there was a noticeable stir among Russian workers on the Chinese Eastern Railway. Local Siberian newspapers published advertisements in Russian recruiting workers for sugarcane plantations on the d…
Russian Church in Hawaii
Since there were few Russian Orthodox residents in Hawaii and they lived in different parts of the islands, their numbers were insufficient to establish a permanent parish and build a church. Nevertheless, Orthodox pries…
Nevelsky Historical and Local Lore Museum
The Nevelsky Historical and Local Lore Museum began its work in the city of Nevelsk in the Sakhalin region on June 29, 1989. Its creation is linked to the initiative of Igor Pavlovich Farhutdinov, who at that time held t…
