Monument to Cossacks Resettled to Kuban by Empress Catherine II
The times of Catherine the Great's reign are long gone, and only a few of our contemporaries remember the resettlement of Cossacks from the Zaporozhian Sich to the Taman coast. However, upon visiting the namesake stanits…
Main Fair House in Nizhny Novgorod
The Nizhny Novgorod Fair is a historic district where the largest fair of the Russian Empire once took place. Today, it houses the Central Exhibition Center of Nizhny Novgorod. The Main Fair House hosts the exhibition "R…
Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi
The first mention of the Vladimir Church dates back to 1713. The temple is located on Troitskaya Road, now known as Yaroslavl Highway, in the village of Bolshiye Mytishchi. This brick building in the "octagon on a square…
St. George the Victorious Church in Grecheskoye
On May 6, 2015, the Archbishop of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk consecrated the George Church in the village of Grecheskoye after the completion of extensive restoration. In the renovated church, he also conducted the Divine …
St. Michael the Archangel Church in Lenin
The church, built in 1890 on the estate of the Pehovskys, was consecrated in honor of the Archangel Michael. It is known that before the revolution, there were two coffins in the church's basement. One contained the rema…
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Grigoropoliskaya
The church in the village of Grigoropoliskaya was founded in 1904. A year later, the merchant of the first guild, Polina Mikhailovna Leontievna, donated 55 thousand rubles in silver for its construction. Thanks to these …
Transfiguration Church in Novoselitsky
The Novoselitsky district of Stavropol is known for one of the oldest stone churches in the region, the Transfiguration Church. After a fire in 1812 destroyed the wooden church, a decision was made to build a new one.
A…
St. Michael the Archangel Church in Vysotsk
The first church in the village of Vysotsk was built in 1797, but its description has not survived. The second church building appeared in 1827, and in 1874, the old iconostasis was updated at the expense of the parishio…
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Makolovo
On the western border of the newly formed Ardatov Diocese of the Mordovian Metropolis, in the village of Makolovo in the Chamzinsky district, there is an archbishop's courtyard of the church dedicated to the Kazan Icon o…
Pokrovsky Men's Monastery in Drakino
The men's monastery dedicated to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos is located in the Torbeevsky district, near the district center, in the Erzya village of Drakino.
The Drakino pagans gradually accepted Christia…
