ACM Group continues its work to identify unregistered historical buildings in the mountainous region of Ingushetia and add them to the Unified Electronic Database of Monuments in Ingushetia, which is being created by the company with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Buildings that have the characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be entered into the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and actual protection.

The ACM Group team has completed work on identifying and studying the buildings and steles at the Koshk Tower Complex. The existing register contains 29 cultural heritage sites, including towers and crypts. ACM Group specialists have identified 34 more historical monuments at the Koshk complex that have the characteristics of cultural and archaeological heritage sites, including towers, crypts, and steles.

ACM Group has sent 34 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia to include the identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 34 objects will legally become identified objects of the Russian Federation and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the country. ACM Group is ready to provide all additional assistance necessary to legally protect the medieval towers, crypts, and steles of the Koshk Tower Complex.

Quite often, ACM Group is tasked with non-standard research projects, sometimes involving ancient burial sites. A couple of years ago, architects and archaeologists from ACM Group explored caves and burial sites in the dark and long caves of the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery. Prior to that, ancient cemeteries near churches in St. Petersburg and Moscow were explored several times. Today, the company is working on studying the ancient monasteries of Pskov, as well as the medieval crypts of the North Caucasus.

Strangely enough, during the work carried out by ACM Group, they sometimes encounter people who are extremely interested in old burials but have absolutely no connection to the research being conducted. They are eternally and passionately interested in the remains and probably the afterlife.

ACM Group studied the issue of unusual interest in remains, and here is what is interesting:

Taphophilia is a pathological interest in cemetery topics. The patient may engage in in-depth study of funeral rites, ask various questions related to death, and collect photographs of gravestones or epitaphs. They may frequently watch films and read books on related topics. Sometimes they regularly visit cemeteries, not to tend to the graves of relatives. The severity of symptoms varies significantly, from moderate cultural interest to an obsession that encompasses all aspects of life.

The latest news from ACM Group at the beginning of this year probably upset some people and, unfortunately, cast a shadow on specialists who are actually engaged in legitimate archaeological research. Legitimate, and most importantly, correct and necessary.

We would like to point out that the previous post was dedicated to people who have no connection to archaeological research, as was stated quite clearly and specifically in the text of the post.

Since, by the nature of its activities, ACM Group is quite often involved in archaeological excavations, we would also like to inform you that the company fully supports all legitimate archaeological research, whether it be the determination of the boundaries of archaeological heritage or the excavations themselves, conducted in any region strictly in accordance with the Open Letter issued by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In addition, ACM Group considers it fundamentally correct to conduct as many legitimate archaeological surveys as possible, which reveal new data and artifacts about the lives of our ancestors to each of us. Many regions have their own institutes or companies that professionally engage in archaeological research, such as the Nasledie company in Ingushetia, which conducts research at the Lower Puy tower complex and has revealed unique finds from this ancient complex to each of us.

On the last working day of last year, the restoration and adaptation project for the federal cultural heritage site “Monastery Hospital” on the territory of the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery by ACM Group received a positive conclusion from the state expert review.

The former apartment building of Major General Yegor Adam at 14 Vladimirsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg is listed as a regional monument.

The building, constructed in the 1830s and designed by architect Vasily Morgan, was one of the first apartment buildings in the capital. In the 1860s, it was mainly inhabited by people of different social classes - craftsmen, students, officials, while the basement and first floors housed a drinking establishment, a silverware shop, and a kitchen.

In 1873, the front facade was remodeled. In 1897-1905 , the building was adapted for use as the first pawnshop in St. Petersburg and Russia, based on a design by architect Anton Nosalevich. During this period, a fifth floor and attic were added to the front facade, as well as a stone parapet with metal grating and an attic.

Based on materials from the Committee for State Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg.

ACM Group continues its work to identify unregistered historical buildings and monuments in the mountainous region of Ingushetia and add them to the Unified Electronic Database of Monuments in Ingushetia, which is being created by the company with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Buildings that have the characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be entered into the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and actual protection.

The ACM Group team has completed work on identifying and studying the buildings and steles at the Lyalakh Tower Complex. The existing register contains 50 cultural heritage sites, including military and residential towers, crypts, and 21 stone steles. ACM Group specialists have identified another 178 historical monuments at the Lyalakh complex that have the characteristics of cultural and archaeological heritage sites, including towers, crypts, walls, and 83 steles.

ACM Group has sent 178 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites in Ingushetia to include the identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites in Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 178 objects will legally become identified objects of the Russian Federation and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the country. ACM Group is ready to provide all additional necessary assistance to legally protect the towers, crypts, and steles of the Lyalakh Tower Complex.

Despite harsh winter weather conditions, ACM Group architects continue their hard and painstaking work on restoration projects in various cities and regions.

The exhibition “Treasures of the Imperial Residences. Tsarskoye Selo” features the most striking exhibit from the collection of the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve—a model of the Grand Tsarskoye Selo Palace.

The house of V.N. Zelenin at 3 Lesnoy Prospekt in St. Petersburg has been granted the status of a monument of regional significance.

The building was constructed in 1899 based on a design by military engineer and architect Valerian Zelenin. The front facades were built in the Art Nouveau style. From 1906 to 1909, the house was home to Nikolai Petrov, a surgeon and founder of Russian oncology, and from 1915 to 1917, it was home to Andrei Polenov, a surgeon and one of the founders of Russian neurosurgery.

Based on materials from the Committee for State Control, Use, and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg.

In January, various sources reported that in 2025, more than 900 applications were submitted to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic of Ingushetia to include unique sites in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites.

We would like to inform you that ACM Group alone submitted 1,377 applications last year, starting in August.

On March 31–April 1, the State Institute of Art Studies will host an international academic conference entitled “Compiling a Compilation.”

Main topics:

- publications of archival findings and unknown materials on the history of Russian architecture,

- issues of restoration and preservation of monuments,

- creative biographies of Russian architects and artists,

- problems of typology, iconography, and style in Russian architecture,

- regional schools in Russian architecture and monumental art and their uniqueness,

- metropolitan influences and their reflection in provincial art.

The Russian Academy of Sciences and ACM Group invite you to a joint seminar of the Caucasus Ethnography Department on February 5, featuring presentations by ACM Group historians on “Comprehensive Research on Medieval Architecture in Mountainous Ingushetia.”

The venue is the Kunstkamera Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences at 3 Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg.

ACM Group continues its work to identify unregistered historical buildings and monuments in the mountainous region of Ingushetia and add them to the Unified Electronic Database of Monuments in Ingushetia, which is being created by the company with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Buildings that have the characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be entered into the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and actual protection.

The ACM Group team has completed work on identifying and studying the buildings and steles at the Beini Tower Complex. The existing register contains 12 cultural heritage sites, including towers and crypts. ACM Group specialists have identified 90 more historical monuments at the Beini complex that have the characteristics of cultural and archaeological heritage sites, including towers, crypts, walls, and 60 steles.

ACM Group has sent 90 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites in Ingushetia to include the identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites in Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 90 objects will legally become identified objects and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation. ASM Group is ready to provide all additional necessary assistance to legally protect the towers, crypts, and steles of the Beini Tower Complex.

On February 6, the State Institute of Art Studies will open its 24th photo exhibition, “The Unknown Province: Temple Interiors of the Late 18th and 19th Centuries: Vanishing Treasures.”

This year, the exhibition, based on materials from expeditions by the Russian Architectural and Monumental Art Monuments Register, presents masterpieces of iconostasis construction and temple interior decoration from the Russian provinces.

The consortium of TO BE Architects and ACM Group has been selected for the closed competition for the Veshchy Oleg historical and cultural park in Staraya Ladoga.

The Agency for Strategic Initiatives has prepared a “Cheat Sheet for Investors” to simplify business operations involving cultural heritage sites. This step-by-step guide consists of seven consecutive steps corresponding to the investment cycle:

- analysis of the property: status, restrictions, condition, and risks;

- methods of acquiring rights to the property;

- design and selection of a contractor;

- approval of project documentation;

- organization of work to preserve the property;

- commissioning of the property;

- working with the public, branding, and marketing.

This document will help investors understand:

- what is permitted and prohibited at a specific property,

- how to assess the condition of the property before buying or renting it,

- when scientific and design documentation is required, as well as who has the right to develop it,

- what approvals and expert reviews are required and in what order,

- where mistakes and additional costs most often arise,

- how to move from restoration to sustainable operation of the property.

ACM Group is beginning preparations for exhibition projects for the IX All-Russian Architectural Heritage Festival, which will take place this year in Rostov-on-Don.

Recently, there has been much debate about what is better and more appropriate for cultural heritage sites—restoration or conservation? Or perhaps—leave them alone!!!—let them remain as they are.... There is also a belief that restored objects lose their status and therefore cannot be included in certain registers of cultural heritage objects, including the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Of course, either option is possible - both restoration and conservation are legitimate approaches to monuments. However, let us remember that it was precisely after the large-scale restoration and reconstruction work carried out after the Great Patriotic War that the almost completely destroyed suburbs of Leningrad, such as Peterhof, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk, and others, became the most visited places for tourists and were unanimously included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1990. Theoretically, it was possible not to restore them... the ruins would have remained, and probably would not have remained at all...

The former trading floor of the Wawelberg Banking House on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg has been restored and transformed into what is arguably the city's finest multifunctional hall, the WAWELBERG Hotel, as part of a comprehensive project by ASM Group.

Today at 3 p.m., the Caucasus Ethnography Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences will hold a conference entitled “The Caucasus: Crossroads of Cultures” at the Kunstkamera on Universitetskaya Embankment, 3, in St. Petersburg. The presentation is entitled “Comprehensive Studies of Medieval Architecture in Mountainous Ingushetia.”

The organizers are the Russian Academy of Sciences and ACM Group.

The speakers are historians from ACM Group.

Two trucks delivered 155 lacquer panels to Tsarskoye Selo, recreated in China using traditional techniques. They were originally created for Catherine II's private apartments in the Zubovsky Wing of the Catherine Palace. The panels were lost during the Great Patriotic War, and it took two years to restore them. The total area of the paintings is almost 170 square meters. Their installation in the interior of the wing should be completed by this summer.