April 28 marks the 9th anniversary of the White Iris Charitable Foundation, which helps to restore churches in various regions of Russia. On this day the St. Philaret Institute in Moscow will host a lecture “The Fate of Rural Temples Through the Ages”.

“ACM Group was invited to participate in the restoration of the cultural heritage object ”Church of St. Martyr Tatiana", which is a house Orthodox church at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Lomonosov Moscow State University. The temple, built in 1833-1837 , designed by Arch. E. Tyurin has a main throne, consecrated in honor of the Holy Martyr Tatiana of Rome, the lower church in honor of St. Philaret of Moscow and an attached throne in honor of the Cathedral of the Three Saints.

In Vyborg, restoration of the Friedrichsgamsky and Ravelin gates of the Annin fortifications continues. The work is planned to be completed this fall.

Anninskie Fortifications is a bastion fortress, a unique monument of Russian defense architecture, located on Linnasaari Island. The construction of the fortifications began in 1731 according to the project of Major General de Coulon. After his death in 1735, the construction was completed by Christopher Minich. The fortifications are shaped like a crown-arc, which is where the name Annenkron and Kron-Sankt-Anna came from.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Vladimir region made a submission to the governor about “insufficient efficiency” in the work of the Inspectorate for State Protection of Cultural Heritage.

The prosecutor's inspection revealed numerous violations at the buildings of the Gostiny Dvor, the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve and the Vladimir State University. The supervisory authority explained that in the Vladimir region only 1,451 objects out of 2,087 have been issued protection obligations, and the boundaries of the territories of half of the objects of cultural heritage are not established or not included in the Unified State Register.

The Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography is preparing to carry out local restoration of the Kunstkamera building on Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg. The building of the “cabinet of rarities” was laid in 1718 according to the project of architect G.Mattarnovi. The construction was carried out until 1727 under the supervision of architects N. Gerbel, G. Kiaveri and M. Zemtsov.

Full-scale restoration work on the facades of the Moscow State University building on Vorobyovy Gory is beginning. Some planes of the facades have already been dressed in scaffolding and nets. The ACM Group team is expected to start work in the next few days.

A planetarium is planned to be opened in the Academy of Sciences on Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg. It will be created in one of the towers of the building designed by Giacomo Quarenghi in 1783. Also in the courtyard should appear a museum and a summer musical theater. The building of the Academy of Sciences will be restored by 2030.

Architects from ACM Group visited the Faculty of Journalism of the Lomonosov Moscow State University on Mokhovaya Street to familiarize themselves with the history, interiors and problems of the historic building of the former Auditorium Building, rebuilt in the 1830s to the design of architect E. Tyurin from the Pashkov estate. The historical interiors have been preserved quite little, but the building has many structural and engineering problems.

St. Petersburg continues to implement the Nevsky Prospekt program aimed at preserving the historical appearance and renovation of the city's main avenue. As part of the program in 2025 it is planned to repair roofs and facades on 13 apartment buildings.

"Repair and restoration work on Nevsky Prospekt is one of our key tasks. Nevsky is the face of the Northern Capital, we preserve its unique atmosphere for the next generations" - emphasized the Governor of St. Petersburg.

The Nevsky Prospekt program started last year, when 40 facades were restored.

Local restoration of the Mariinsky Palace on St. Petersburg's St. Isaac's Square will begin soon. The plans include restoration of the lobby, the grand staircase and several rooms adjacent to them, as well as restoration of individual architectural details.

Despite heavy rains in the mountains and gorges of Ingushetia, these days specialists of ACM Group continue their work in the mountains to identify historical monuments for their subsequent inclusion in the Unified Database of Cultural Heritage Sites created by the company with the support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation.

Senator Igor Treskov and Ingushetia's First Deputy Prime Minister Magomed Yevloyev discussed the preservation of tower complexes in the Federation Council. They also discussed the order of the President of the Russian Federation to reconstruct architectural monuments, including tower complexes and the temple of Tkhab Yerdy. Deputy Prime Minister noted that the objects accessible to the public will be used for the development of tourism and cultural and educational activities

The main hall of the “Church of St. Martyr Tatiana” at Moscow State University, on Mokhovaya Street. The restoration project will start in the coming days.

In Kazan, the restoration of the Boratynskiy Estate, a cultural heritage site built in 1836, where several generations of the famous poet's family lived and where the Boratynskiy Museum is currently located. The restorers will dismantle the facade cladding to examine the condition of the log walls, strengthen the foundations and structures of the building and determine the historical colors.

From April 16 to 18, 2025 in Chita, the capital of Transbaikalia, the Interregional Forum on the preservation of cultural heritage objects “Place of Memory and Strength” was held.

The Forum brought together leading specialists in the field of historical and cultural heritage: restorers, architects, archaeologists and public figures from different parts of our country.

“Agency for Management and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments” transfers the famous Faberge Dacha in Pargolovo near St. Petersburg to auction. The architectural monument is of significant cultural and historical value.

Faberge Dacha ( 1878-1882 ) includes six buildings with a total area of about 3 thousand meters, four of which have the status of objects of cultural heritage of federal significance.

The transfer of these objects to auction will allow to attract investors' funds for the restoration of architectural monuments and their adaptation to modern use.

A boutique hotel in the mansion of Evdokia Ermolaeva, built in the 19th century, opened in Nizhny Novgorod after restoration. The work was carried out for a year and a half, preserving the planning solutions and all architectural elements. The new boutique hotel offers nine rooms, each of which is decorated in the style of the 19th century.

Restoration works continue under the project of ACM Group at the cultural heritage site of federal significance "Tower of Lower Grids" on the territory of the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery in Pechory.

ACM Group specialists identified, marked and scanned all historical stone structures at the Giagi G1alash, Doshkhakle and Furtog tower complexes in mountainous Ingushetia. The data obtained on combat and residential towers, as well as crypts, will be processed and included in a unified information database of cultural heritage sites being created with the support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation.

In the village of Porechye-Rybnoye, Yaroslavl Region, a bronze fragment of the bell of the Nikita bell tower, which was broken more than a hundred years ago, has been found.

The five-tiered bell tower of the Church of St. Nikita the Martyr is the tallest bell tower in Russia outside the city. Its height is 94 meters.

The founding of St. Petersburg, reforms, military victories - this is what the name of Emperor Peter the Great is associated with.

On May 17 at the lecture by Dom Lurie you will be helped to look beyond the pathos walls of palaces, official ceremonies and biographies and get acquainted with the daily life of the emperor.

The lecture will take place in the hotel “WAWELBERG”, realized under the project of “ACM Group”.