01.09.2010

Six Russian places of interest that are going to vanish

Forbes has picked up six Russian places of interest that need sightseeing immediately for in the nearest future they risk vanishing due to different reasons.

The list includes Brandenburg Castle in Kaliningrad Region. Founded in XIII c. as a Castle of Teutonic Order it’s the place of the only documentarily attested case of resurrection in Russia. There in 1322 Thomas, the sun of Gertvig from Pokarvis, died on an unknown account in his four, was raised from the dead by the power of a life-giving Holy Cross.  

Manor Samuylovo (Smolensky Region) - the masterpiece of Classicism and the unofficial head-office of Society of Jesus.

The Tatar Suburb – the wooden modern cite in Tomsk City (the photo). The town-reserve that is being burnt away with the coming of building glut and that still manages to survive. Presently there are over 200 architectural monuments.

Vinogradovo Manor – the successional possession of the Pushkins, the Dolgorukys, the Vyasemkkys and the Bakkendorfs.

Frescos by Andrei Rublev in Vladimir City and Zvenigorod Town - masterpieces of XV c.

Communal-Kitchen of Maslenikov Factory in Samara City. The territory of the world unique building in the form of a sickle and hammer nowadays is going to be replaced by a modern office.                             

 

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