June 18, 1880 in Moscow was opened the monument to Alexander Pushkin. In 1950, the monument was moved from Tversky Boulevard to the other side of the reconstructed Strastnaya Square (now Pushkinskaya Square), turned around 180 degrees and put in place of the former bell tower of the Strastnoy Monastery. …
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The territory of the future of St. Petersburg in the 9-10 centuries belonged to Novgorod, and since the 13th century is known as the Izhora country. In the fifteenth century, these settlements were part of the Novgorod feudal republic, were united into a single state, Russia. From the late 12th …
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Circum-Baikal Railway is a 85-km historical railway branch of Trans-Siberian Railway laid from Irkutsk along the steep north-western shore of Lake Baikal from port Baikal at the Angara river headwaters to Slyudianka settlement at the most southern extremity of the lake. Prior to the commissioning of the Circum-Baikal Railway, the …
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The most famous of the towers of the Moscow Kremlin, The Spasskaya, has seen many clockworks in its history. In 1737, after a fire at the Spasskaya and Trinity Towers, the watch was seriously damaged. The new clock was installed only in 1767 by decree of Empress Catherine II, when …
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