Over the past 2024 years, ACM Group specialists have collected hundreds of historical photographs of Ingushetia's mountainous tower complexes and their inhabitants from archives in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ossetia, Chechnya and Georgia. The unique photos were systematized, annotated and have already been included in the Unified Database of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic of Ingushetia, which is being created on the initiative of the SAFMAR and Renaissance Charity Funds.

In addition, today the first edition of two large-format albums containing the most interesting historical photos of the tower complexes came out of the St. Petersburg printing house.

The work on the search for the history of Ingushetia continues and by the end of this year two more new albums should appear.

The circulation is very limited, the materials are very unique!

The Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater will restore the Kamennoostrovsky Theater - from February to December 2026 there will be no performances there. The second stage of the G. A. Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater is to restore the facades, plafond painting, balconies, boxes and walls.

Kamennoostrovsky Theater is the only surviving monument of wooden architecture of the classicism era in St. Petersburg. The building was constructed in 1827 according to the project of architect S.L. Shustov.

The White Iris Cultural Heritage Preservation Foundation is starting to accept applications for the Temple Keepers School, a project for those who want to take an ancient temple or estate under their protection. The program will start with a face-to-face meeting of participants in August, followed by a series of online seminars with experts in heritage conservation, project management, community outreach and resource mobilization.

On the basis of the meeting of the esteemed Council of the Union of Restorers of June 26, a positive decision was made to admit “ ACM Group” as a member of the Union of Restorers. In accordance with the Charter, “ACM Group” is vested with all rights and obligations from July 01 of this year.

Restoration of the Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky Estate, a cultural heritage site of federal significance, has begun on 17/6 Maroseika Street in Moscow.

The manor house was built in 1782 in the eclectic style with elements of classicism and baroque. The question of authorship is still open - according to some experts, it belongs to Matvey Kazakov, according to others - Vasily Bazhenov. In 1793 the owner of the house became the commander General Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyatsev-Zadunaysky, who became famous during the Seven Years' and Russo-Turkish wars. The mansion acquired its modern appearance in the 1880s, when architect Georgiy Kaiser added decorations to its facade, in particular, sculptures with lyres.

During the Soviet era, the mansion was given to the representative office of the Belarusian SSR.

The Central State Archive of Literature and Art handed over to the historians of ACM Group an album of unique historical photographs of mountainous Ingushetia, collected in 1938 by architect R.L. Rotach.

The photo shows the ancient village of Khairakh, located not far from the temple of Tkhab Erda.

The Engineering House of the Peter and Paul Fortress will host the exhibition “Masterpieces of architectural graphics from the collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg” from July 07 to August 26.

The museum notes that 2025 was marked by a whole flowering of anniversaries of architects whose names are familiar to everyone. For example, 355 is the anniversary of Dominico Trezzini, 325 - Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli and 250 - Carlo Rossi. The museum keeps drawings of the authors of the projects of the main architectural sights - more than 40 sheets of Rastrelli, about 100 drawings by Voronikhin, more than 200 works by Quarenghi.

At the exhibition you can see the designs of the Summer Palace of Peter the Great by Mikhail Zemtsov, the Hermitage Pavilion in Tsarskoye Selo and the Srednerogat Palace by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the Main Admiralty by Andrean Zakharov, the Mining Institute by Andrei Voronikhin, the Marble Palace by Antonio Rinaldi, the Alexandrinsky Theater by Carlo Rossi, the Grand Palace in Pavlovsk by Vincenzo Brenna, and many others, including graphic projects of the Soviet period.

Today, in 1819, St. Petersburg laid the foundation of St. Isaac's Cathedral designed by architect Auguste Montferrand. The largest temple of the northern capital, erected from 1819 to 1858, became an outstanding monument of architecture of the XIX century. It was built by the decree of Emperor Alexander I and is characterized by unique engineering solutions and rich decoration.

The cozy Minerals restaurant on the first floor of the Wawelberg Hotel at the beginning of Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg has been delighting guests with excellent cuisine and stylish interiors for three years already.

The general designer of the Wawelberg is ACM Group.

The State National Museum of Georgia handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” unique photographs of the 1970s, depicting the sanctuary of Myat-Seli in the mountainous Ingushetia.

Historic photos of Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory at the time of construction and immediately after its completion. And today, with the participation of ACM Group, it is already undergoing restoration as a cultural heritage site.

Today in Moscow the management of ACM Group and Territory companies held a meeting with the owners of the largest investment and construction company Dongguan Baoxin Building Materials Co. from China. In the course of the long meeting they discussed the application of Chinese materials and equipment for construction, as well as the possibility of investing in design and other activities in Russia.

McDonald's laid out an antique mosaic of 18,000 tiles in the center of Rome, on which togo-guys chew Big Macs while drinking Coke. The campaign pretends to be an archaeological find, and all that would be nothing, but it looks frighteningly organic - as if the brand existed under Caesar.

Rome fell not from barbarians, but from French fries!

The State Historical Museum of Moscow handed over unique photographs of the 1920s of the Targim tower complex in mountainous Ingushetia, taken by E. Shilling's expedition, to the historians of ACM Group.

The house of Avdotya Skvortsova, widow of titular counselor Avdotya Skvortsova, opened in the Zapovednye quarters of Nizhny Novgorod at 18 Korolenko Street after restoration. The wooden building was built in 1891-1894 . Now it houses a cultural center, including the headquarters of Tom Sawyer Fest Nizhny Novgorod, an information center, a coffee shop “Mola Mola Capri”, an exposition on the history of the development of the Trekhsvyatsky quarter from the mid-19th century to the present day, an assemblage by Moscow artist Alexei Luka, an exhibition of ethnoboards by designer Rustam Usmanov and the project “What does heritage sound like?”.

On July 10, the rope shop of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg will become an open new cultural and educational space. On the opening day, a cultural and educational marathon dedicated to the Architect's Day will start. On that day, the rope shop will open an exhibition featuring unique graphic works by the avant-garde architect and exhibits from the family collection of Yakov Chernikhov.

The State Historical Museum of Moscow handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” unique photos of the Leimi tower complex in the mountainous Ingushetia, taken by the expedition of E. Shilling.

The State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan in the center of Kazan, has in addition to the luxurious exposition and quite nice stoves and fireplaces decorating the interiors.

Fresh photos of the new Smart hotel in the center of Magas, the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia, which was opened at the end of last year under the project of ACM Group.

Today, July 11, 1733 in St. Petersburg was consecrated a new stone Peter and Paul Cathedral, built according to the project of Arch. Domenico Trezzini.

These days Pskov is hosting the V Interregional Forum dedicated to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which is attended by about 200 restoration specialists from the North-West region.

They plan to share their experience in preserving architectural heritage in the context of modern urban planning, to discuss the improvement of the territory of monuments and the development of domestic tourism.

The temples of the Pskov architectural school entered the UNESCO world heritage in 2019. It was then that the initiative to hold a forum where colleagues can learn about new practices for the preservation of World Heritage sites appeared.

While the forum is taking place, the architects of ACM Group are continuing design work on the Church of Archangel Michael with a bell tower in Pskov and the Malsky Monastery in the Pskov region.