St. Barbara's Church in Sovyaki
St. Barbara's Church is located in the village of Sovyaki in the Borovsky District of the Kaluga Region and is an example of Russian classicism. The stone and warm building was erected in 1811 with funds from Pyotr Yushk…
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Timashovo
Timashovo is first mentioned in the Payment Book of 1621 as a village of the Pyren village council in the Maloyaroslavets district, which belonged to the tsar and was later partially distributed. The village came into th…
Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Uvarovsk
Around Borovsk, a whole reserve of early 18th-century architecture has naturally formed, where remarkable yet undeservedly forgotten monuments have been preserved. One such place is the village of Uvarovsk. Initially, it…
Holy Trinity Church in Fedotovo
The brick church with two altars, built in the style of late classicism, was constructed in 1881 with funds from parishioners next to the previous wooden building. The church has a chapel of Archangel Michael. Adjacent t…
Noble Assembly Building in Kursk
The majestic building of the Noble Assembly in Kursk, built in the 19th century, is a three-story structure of original architecture. Today, it is the House of the State Philharmonic of Kursk, recognized as a monument of…
Archbishop's House in Kursk
Simultaneously with the construction of the Znamensky Cathedral, designed by architect G.V. Gavrilov, a two-story archbishop's house was built nearby. It included a fragment of an old building from the 17th century, belo…
Provincial Zemstvo Administration in Kursk
The history of this building began after the zemstvo reform of 1864, when issues of local economy, education, and road construction began to be addressed by elected institutions, district and provincial zemstvo administr…
People's House in Kursk
The old street, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Perekal'sky, begins with the building of the regional philharmonic (house No. 1). This red-brick building in the Art Nouveau style was built in 1913 accord…
Merchant Khloponin's House in Kursk
The earliest document mentioning the house of merchant Khloponin is the "Description of the Courtyard Locations of the City of Kursk, according to the Most High Confirmed Plan of 1782." The plan depicts the house and the…
Denisyev House in Kursk
In 1880, the asylum for the mentally ill was moved in Kursk from an old cramped building to a spacious house that previously belonged to the famous landowner P. A. Denisyev. This house, acquired by the provincial adminis…
