The country estate Arkhangelskoye is a wonderful monument of Russian culture from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. The estate is widely known for sublime beauty of the palace and park ensemble and its splendid collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, pieces of applied art, and also rare books.
In 1820s, the Arkhan...
The Arsenal, a museum of weapons, is a branch of the Historical Museum of Lviv.
The Arsenal was built in 1554–1556, but the original building was almost completely destroyed by a fire in 1571. The building was rebuilt as soon as in 1574–1575.
In the Arsenal, weapons were not only stored, but also manufactured and repaired.
During the 1704 ...
Askania-Nova Zoo (the zoo of the Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve) is 61.1 ha (151 acres) in area. It has trees and shrubs, bodies of water, winter cages for animals, small open-air cages where hoofed mammals and birds are shown. The Zoo has over 110 species that are 4,000 in number including 27 rare animals listed in the IUCN Red List and the Ukrain...
The Atelier Karas Gallery (the Gallery, for short) was opened in 1995. However, according to its director Yevgeny Karas, the idea of a gallery was conceived by his family, a family of artists, as early as in 1986. It was then when rooms were found for the future gallery.
The Union of Artists provided Yevgeny's parents with an entire building flo...
At the Petrogradskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg, the familiar silhouette of the legendary 1st rank warship cruiser Aurora towers above its surroundings.
The Aurora cruiser was laid down at the New Admiralty Shipyard on 23rd May 1897, launched on 11th May 1900 and commissioned to join the Russian Navy in July of 1903.
During the Russo-Japan...
At the end of the 13th — beginning of the14th century, viceroyalty was formed in Crimea — the Crimean Yurt, led by a tudun, who was appointed by the Khan of the Golden Horde. The tudun's headquarters were in Solkhat (now Old Crimea or Staryi Krym), a city founded by immigrant Armenians back in the Middle Ages. Tatars captured the city, ordered the ...
According to the decree dated 29 July, 2002 and signed by the President of Ukraine regarding the demilitarization of the Balaklava Bay, the Department of Defence of Ukraine had decided to establish the Balaklava Naval Museum.
To achieve this goal, it was decided to use the former submarine operation and maintenance facility, subsidized by the Mi...
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