House of Craftsmen in Kaluga
The wooden house with an attic on a brick basement was built in the first third of the 19th century. In the State Archive of the Kaluga Region, local historian G.M. Morozova discovered documents that help reconstruct the…
Lutheran Church in Kaluga
On Bogoyavlenskaya Street, near Chernovsky Lane, there was a building of the Lutheran church, erected in 1863 on the site of a former children's shelter. This building has survived to this day and is now used as a reside…
Railway Hospital in Kaluga
The old building of the railway hospital in Kaluga, located at Tovarniy Street, 23, has a rich history. Archive documents of the Syzran-Vyazma railway from 1891 mention that the medical reception room was located in the …
The Trading House in Kaluga
In the 18th century, the site of the modern Trading House was occupied by numerous wooden shops arranged chaotically. The idea of building a trading house with worthy architecture emerged from Governor M. N. Krechetikov …
Pushkin School in Kaluga
In 1914, the Ministry of Public Education decided to provide the city administration with funds for the construction of the Pushkin School, which opened that same year.
After the revolution, the school was transformed i…
Administrative Buildings in Kaluga
The administrative buildings are a complex of administrative structures built in the early 19th century in the Kaluga province. This architectural ensemble is located in Kaluga on the left bank of the Oka River and is a …
Stone Bridge in Kaluga
The Stone Bridge over the Berezuy Ravine in Kaluga is the oldest stone viaduct in Russia. Its construction began in 1777 and was completed in 1780 under the governor of the Kaluga province, Krechetnikov. The project was …
Management of the Syzran-Vyazma Railway in Kaluga
On the slope of the Berezuy ravine, where the walls of the Kaluga Kremlin once stood, at 4 K. Marx Street, there is a unique building that was once the management of the Syzran-Vyazma Railway.
This site was originally d…
The Goncharov House in Kaluga
The house, built in the 1730s, originally belonged to the merchant Faleeva. It was reconstructed in 1800. In 1895, it became the property of Olga Goncharova, the widow of N.N. Pushkin's nephew. Currently, the house is in…
Marina Shafrova-Marutaeva
Marina Shafrova-Marutaeva is considered a national hero of Belgium, known as the "Belgian Joan of Arc." This 33-year-old woman was the daughter of Russian nobility. In 1982, a film titled "Somewhere the Oriole Cries" was…
