The history of the Mikhaylovsky Palace (the Palace, for short) started when Grand Duke Mikhail, a son of Emperor Paul I, was born 1798. On this occasion, Paul I ordered to set aside several hundreds of roubles each year for future construction of a palace for his youngest son; the palace was supposed to match in sumptuousness and comfort the grande...
The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the greatest museums in the world. It is fabulously popular. Every year hundreds of thousands of people come to the quite Lavrushinsky Lane, situated in one of the oldest districts of Moscow — Zamoskvorechye, to see the Gallery's treasuries.
The Gallery's collection consists entirely of Russian fine art and ...
Diorama is a Greek word meaning "see through", "see a part". A diorama is a scenic canvas of an open, semicircular view with figures and other objects in the foreground. The founders of a diorama painting principle were two French artists of the early 19th century, Louis Daguerre and Charles Bouton. Russian artists began to adopt the principles of ...
The Museum of famous Ukraine poet, writer, and painter Taras Shevchenko was established in 1943 immediately after Kiev was liberated from German invaders.
A collection of personal things of Taras Shevchenko and his documents numbers more than 70,000 items reflecting the talent and creativity of the great writer.
The exposition has autographs ...
The Lermontov State Museum and Reserve of Tarkhany (the Museum, for short) is a unique historical and cultural monument of national importance in Russia.
The great poet Mikhail Lermontov spent here a half of his life. He received indelible impressions from this environment of a nobleman's estate, from this variety of peasant life, from exposure ...
The Lower Dnieper Offensive Diorama was opened in Dnepropetrovsk in 1975 in honour of the 30th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. The full name of this unique monument, which is dedicated to the immortal deeds of Soviet soldiers, is the "Lower Dnieper Offensive Near Voiskovoye-Vovnigi Diorama".
The Lower Dnieper ...
The Timiryazev State Museum of Biology was founded in 1922 by B. M. Zavadovsky. The idea to establish this museum, unique in its subject matter, originated from within the walls of the Shanyavsky (People's) University (which existed from 1908 to 1919) where Zavadovsky completed his internship in N. K. Koltsov's laboratory of experimental biology.
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On 7th May 1992, a relic exhibition, Oh Motherland, These Are Your Sons. The Military Duty. The Heroic Deed. The Tragedy, was opened at the National Museum of the History of the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (the Museum, for short). The exhibition told visitors about people who had participated in local wars and armed conflicts that had involved th...
Varied terrain, full rivers and streams, picturesque ponds are distinctive features of the Tsaritsyno estate. However, in old times there were no ponds, and by a high bank the full-flowing Gorodenka River used to merge with the Yazvenka River that flew from the east. At some distance downstream from there, a deep ravine cut into the Gorodenka River...
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