Bell Tower of the Nativity of the Mother of God Sanaksar Monastery
The silhouette of the bell tower at Sanaksar Monastery resembles the outlines of the bell towers and the fence towers of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg. Pilgrims from St. Petersburg often note this similari…
Trinity Church in Saransk
The Trinity Church, one of the oldest in the city, was built around 1700. It is believed that it was originally constructed from stone, and the oldest part of the building dates back to this time. The construction was co…
John the Theologian Makaryevsky Male Monastery
The land on which the monastery is located has belonged to the Polyansky boyars since the 17th century. Makary Artemyevich Polyansky, after whom the pogost and the village of Makarovka are named, served in Moscow and rec…
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Streletskaya Sloboda
In the Ruzaevsky District of the Republic of Mordovia lies the village of Streletskaya Sloboda, whose history spans 367 years. It was founded by shooters, defenders of the Fatherland, and initially served as a forward st…
Reviving the Village of Vyatskoye in Yaroslavl Region
Reviving the village and making it attractive for living.
In Russia, there are examples, albeit few, where a village, small settlement, or town thrives. There is work and infrastructure, but even in such places, there i…
Vyatskoye: Reviving a Village in Yaroslavl Region
Reviving the village and making it attractive for living.
In Russia, there are examples, though few, where villages, small settlements, or towns thrive. There is work and infrastructure, but even in such places, thought…
Ascension of the Lord Church in Boldovo
The first church in Boldovo was built in the mid-18th century after all the villagers were baptized. In the second half of the 19th century, it was decided to build a second wooden church, but it turned out to be too cra…
Kurilovsky Tikhvin Women's Monastery
The Kurilovsky Holy Tikhvin Women's Monastery was founded near the Erzya villages of Stara and Novaya Kurilovka, which were located in the Saransk district of the Penza province, now the Romodanovsky district of the Repu…
Trinity Men's Monastery in Bolshoye Chufarovo
The Chufarovsky Holy Trinity Monastery, originally a women's monastery and now a men's one, was founded in the mid-1840s by peasant elder Ignaty Paramonovich Vershin as a charitable community in the village of Bolshoye C…
Monument to Fallen in Unannounced Wars in Novorossiysk
On the central alley of the Frunze Park in Novorossiysk, a monument has been erected in honor of the city's residents who fell in unannounced wars. This monument, created by sculptor A. Suvorov, was solemnly opened on De…
