The restoration of the Moscow State University on Sparrow Hills is in full swing. Today the architects of ACM Group are inspecting the completed works, and tomorrow they will ride the lifts on the facades and climb the spire, the height of which is more than 200 meters.

Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky announced today at a press conference at TASS the restoration of the Hermitage building complex.

"We are embarking on another great subject - it is called the great restoration of the Hermitage. Just as the Louvre once did the Grand Louvre and it's time for them to do it all again, we need to restore the whole complex of Hermitage buildings again - it's been a long time since it was all done. This is a new project for many years that will be important theoretically and scientifically. We are also talking about such gems as the Hermitage Theater and the Menshikov Palace," Piotrovsky said.

It should be reminded that both of these unique objects were restored according to the designs of the architects who later created ACM.

Restoration work on the facades of the St. John's Ravelin and the State, Naryshkin and Trubetskoy bastions, which began in 2022, should be completed by December 2026. The granite blocks from which the walls are built are cleaned from bio-damage, large chips are replaced with granite inserts made of absolutely identical Rapakivi granite from the quarry in Karelia.

The historic Karatygin House on Timiryazeva Street in Murom looks like it won't wait for restoration. Photographer Irina Kazantseva captured the current state of the building.

The construction of the house began in 1837 on the funds of merchant Grigory Shvedov. A quarter of a century later, entrepreneur Maxim Karatygin bought it for 11,000 silver, and later acquired a beautiful garden surrounding the building. In 1873 the house became the officers' apartments of an infantry regiment, and in 1881 the headquarters of the 13th Narva Hussar Regiment, a veterinary infirmary and a team of trumpeters moved in. After the October Revolution the house was occupied by the Murom Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, and later it was given to communal apartments.

The Central State Historical Archive of Georgia handed over to the historians of ACM Group the mid-20th century photographs depicting the Vovnushki Tower Complex in the mountainous Ingushetia.

The restoration of the complex should begin this year.

Today, June 27, 1754, Empress Elizabeth approved the design of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. The author was Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli. The construction was completed in 1762 under Catherine II.

The Russian Association of Restorers informs that in order to exchange experience and establish business contacts of the professional community a business mission of the Association's restorers to Algeria is planned from December 08 to 14, including the I Algerian-Russian Restoration Conference with visits to restoration projects.

The new issue of the XXIII "Architectural Yearbook. 2025", published by the Association of Architectural Workshops with autographs of leading architects of St. Petersburg, is especially popular and undoubtedly represents already a collector's value.

The Central State Historical Archive of Georgia handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” unique photographs of the middle of the XX century, depicting the structures of the Egikal Tower Complex in the mountainous Ingushetia.

Today, June 29, 1561, the construction of the Pokrovsky Cathedral in Moscow, known as St. Basil's Cathedral, was completed.

The monument of Russian architecture of the XVI century was erected “...by the command of the pious Tsar Grand Duke Ivan Vasilievich all Russia Autocrat and under ...Tsarevich Ivan and under Tsarevich Theodore ...this holy church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God in the summer of 7069 month of June 29”.

The Central State Historical Museum of Georgia handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” photographs of the middle of the XX century, depicting the Byalgan Tower Complex in the mountainous Ingushetia.

Architects of ACM Group continue author's supervision of restoration works on tower complexes in Ingushetia. Khairakh, Pui, Doshkhakle, Keli, Tumgi and Eban are the topical sites of today. Soon they will be joined by work that has started on the Furtoug and Garakh tower complexes.

Last Friday, specialists from ACM Group climbed the spire of the main building of Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory. Video inside and outside the spire, at a height of over 200 meters.

The Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” the archaeological reports of M.B.Muzhukhoev of 1978, which, in addition to unique archaeological data and information, contain quite a lot of photographs of tower complexes of Ingushetia. The photo shows the crypts of the Dukhurgisht tower complex before restoration in the XXI century.

Large-scale restoration of the Koporsk Fortress is being prepared in the Leningrad Region.

The Museum Agency has prepared proposals for the phased development of the territory, which involves large-scale restoration of the fortress and landscaping.

The fortress was founded in 1280, the walls and towers date back to the middle of the XV century, the church - XVI-XVII centuries. The area of the fortress is 10.3 thousand square meters.

In 2020, the story of the collapse of a part of the wall in the entrance area received a public outcry, after which the fortress was closed for anti-damage works.

With the support of a grant from the Russian Geographical Society, the monograph “Vladikavkaz - the Fate of a Fortress”, written by Delyara Tebiyeva, Head of the Department of Physical and Socio-Economic Geography at North Ossetian State University, and Lyubov Kebalova, Associate Professor at the Department of Ecology and Nature Management, was published.

The authors investigated in detail the origin and development of the fortress, which was originally conceived as a defense outpost of the Caucasus. It was from here that the construction of the famous Georgian Military Road - a strategic artery that played a crucial role in the development of the region and strengthening of Russia's position in the south of the country - began. Readers will learn about visits to the fortress by such personalities as Emperor Nicholas I, Alexander Pushkin and Iranian Prince Khozrev-Mirza.

The architectural complex “Salt Town” is planned to be fully transferred to the Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad. The complex has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance, in 1944-1949 all its premises were occupied first by the exhibition and then by the Museum of the Defense of Leningrad, today in the buildings of the town is located the Naval Academy.

Salt Town is a complex of buildings bounded by the Fontanka embankment, Salt Lane, Pestel and Gangut streets. It was named after the salt warehouses located in the buildings of the town until the middle of the 19th century.

Restoration Week has started in St. Petersburg. This year the event is dedicated to significant dates - the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 80th anniversary of the Leningrad School of Restoration. The program of events covers a week from June 30 to July 06 and offers lectures, expositions, excursions and discussions. Colleagues from various regions of Russia and foreign countries, including Belarus, Armenia and Cuba, are scheduled to participate.

The Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” archaeological reports of M.B.Muzhukhoev, where among the pages were found unique photos of 1971 of the Tower Complex “Towers of Two Wives” in the mountainous Ingushetia.

The Palace of Culture of Communication Workers on Bolshaya Morskaya Street in St. Petersburg will be renovated under the state program “Development of the Cultural Sphere in St. Petersburg”. It is planned to be adapted for modern use for the St. Petersburg Opera Theater.

The Communications Center is a revealed cultural heritage object built in the 1930s according to the project of architects P.M.Grinberg and G.S.Rais. Before that, the site was occupied by a German Reformed church built in 1862-1865 according to the project by architects G.Bosse and D.Grimm.

The Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences handed over to the historians of “ACM Group” the restoration report of 1969, after the restoration carried out according to the project of architect L.A.Khimshiashvilli. The report was compiled and signed by archaeologist G.G.Gambashidze. In addition to interesting scientific data, the report contains photos of the unique temple, depicting its condition in the 60s of the twentieth century.