Church on Blood (Church-Memorial on the Blood in the name of All Saints who shone in the Russian land), consecrated in 2003, it was erected in memory of those killed in Yekaterinburg 100 years ago: the last emperor of Russia, who had already abdicated by that time from the throne, his family, includ...
In November 2009, near the Shirokorechenskoye cemetery on the 7th kilometer of the Moskovsky Trakt, a renovated, modest memorial to the prisoners of war of the Second World War was opened.
Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna Romanova (1864 - 1918), like her sister - Empress Alexandra Feodorovna - wife of Nicholas II, was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Britain.
The Palace of Farmers was built in Kazan in 2008-2010. There was a lot of controversy about its placement in the center of historical buildings, but there was no big damage - the Palace does not come into view at the same time as the Kremlin.
The marble bridge over the Guadalquivir in Cordoba was built by the Romans over 2000 years ago, I was lucky enough to walk along it in the late 70s of the last century. Its condition was unimportant, the marble was short-lived and not very suitable for transport facilities, but that bridge had a sig...
Pierre-Augustin Caron da Beaumarchais (1732-1799) is best known as the author of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Much less known are his technical work and very significant deeds in the field of diplomacy.
Ronda rightfully belongs to the most picturesque cities in Spain. After five centuries of Moorish rule, the troops of the Catholic kings occupied Ronda in 1485. The old city is located on a plateau, which was then connected to the northern new part by Moorish bridges over the deep gorge of El Tajo, ...
Contrary to popular belief, the origin of bullfighting is not Spanish - deadly games with wild bulls were still in ancient Crete. In Spain, bullfighting appeared with the completion of the Reconquista in the 15th century.
The metal Glienicke Bridge (Glienicker Br? cke) across the Havel River in Potsdam appeared to replace the wooden one in 1907. In 1945, it was destroyed by German troops retreating under the onslaught of the Red Army.
The first hydroelectric power station in Russia was built in 1908-1910 in the Urals, on the Bolshaya Satka River, now it is the Satka district of the Chelyabinsk region. The project was developed by prof.
The monument at the burial place of the legionnaires of the Czechoslovak Corps who died during the Civil War was opened in 2008, the opening was attended by the President of the Czech Republic, whose Ministry of Defense financed the project.