Uglich plans to restore the historical appearance of the Church of Nikola on Sukhi Prudy - an architectural monument of the XVIII century.

The church, located on February Street, will undergo a comprehensive restoration - cleaning and repair of masonry, elimination of bio-damage of facades, restoration of the lost pentaglion with gilded crosses and bell tower. Inside, it is planned to restore monumental painting, arrange floors with ventilated underground and modernize engineering systems.

The history of the Church of St. Nicholas on Sukhy Prudy goes back to the beginning of the XVII century, when on the site of the temple stood St. John the Theologian Monastery, destroyed in 1609 during the Polish invasion. After the Troubles a wooden church was erected here, and in 1735-1758 it was replaced by a stone five-domed church with a three-tiered bell tower, stone fence and rich interiors. A fire in 1822 severely damaged the building, but it was soon rebuilt.

How the attractiveness of cultural heritage sites for investors will be assessed.

In order to have time to complete the restoration of cultural heritage objects by 2030, investors need to start working on projects in the next year or two. At a meeting with Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, Dom. RF discussed with representatives of regions and ministries ways to solve this problem.

In the near future Dom. RF, the Ministry of Culture and regions will select objects with high investment attractiveness for priority inclusion in the program. A methodology will be developed to evaluate the objects, taking into account their condition, location, infrastructure and urban planning restrictions.

The Priory Park in the town of Gatchina, Leningrad Region, will soon install new gates. Five original structures created in the second half of the XIX century have not survived to this day, and their recreation is taking place with the help of additive technologies.

The press service of the administration of the Leningrad region shared the first photos of the gate details - flowers and tips of future compositions, printed on specially developed 3D models.

“The gates will be made according to the project of ” ACM Group " by the original technology of the XIX century. This is a large flagstone, cut and assembled elements of the gate frame and forged lattice", - said the deputy chairman of the regional government Vladimir Tsoi.

In the meantime, ACM Group is providing author's and technical supervision of the restoration works.

The Julius Kollan House at 92 Bolshoi Prospect of Vasilievsky Island is recognized as an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

The four-story residential house was built in 1904-1905 according to the project of architect Fyodor Lidval. According to the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg, the emphasized laconic and modest building became one of the best examples of Northern Art Nouveau. In the architectural solution of the front facade the first floor is traditionally highlighted with stone, as well as windows varying in height and shape. The center of the facade is accentuated by a massive three-sided bay window above the entrance. The facade is designed in contrasting colors, with some parts emphasized and highlighted by stucco decoration with geometric “northern” ornaments.

The restaurant “Palkin” on Nevsky Prospekt 47 in St. Petersburg celebrates the 240th anniversary of the opening of its first restaurant in August.

Before the October Revolution, “Palkin” differed from other elite restaurants in that it served Russian cuisine, and the waiters were dressed like the sexes in taverns. The institution was called the tsar of Russian cuisine.

During its existence the restaurant was visited by many famous public and cultural figures - Gogol, Dostoevsky, Leskov, Nekrasov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Balmont, Blok, Merezhkovsky, Gippius, Gorky, Kuprin, Chekhov, painters Repin, Lukomsky and Sapunov, composers Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and others. For the same reason, the restaurant has been mentioned many times in classical works, for example, in Gogol's “Dead Souls” or in Chekhov's story “No Place”.

During Soviet times the restaurant was closed and its interiors were completely destroyed. More than 25 years ago, the ACM project recreated the famous restaurant.

The St. Petersburg State Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage reports that the Reichel House on the corner of line 8 of Vasilievsky Island and the embankment of the Smolenka River has acquired the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

The building was constructed in 1909-1910 according to the project of architect Vasily Veys for the dormitory of workers of mechanical and optical plant N.I.Reikhel. Later the plant itself was located here. Under Soviet rule and after the Reichel family emigrated to Finland, the plant was nationalized and became part of the Leningrad Optical and Mechanical Association.

Dismantling works of Soviet-era elements and structures continue on the historic building of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University on Mokhovaya Street in Moscow. And ACM Group is promptly continuing design work.

Such a nice certificate of the Union of Restorers was received by ACM Group the other day. We keep working.

The restoration of the lost historical gate to the Priory Park in Gatchina is actively underway. Individual parts and elements are being manufactured according to the drawings of ACM Group. In the meantime, the company continues to provide author's and technical supervision.

Antivandalism works continue at the Tkhaba Erdy Temple, an object of cultural heritage of federal significance in mountainous Ingushetia. Installation of temporary wooden structures will allow for large-scale archaeological research inside and outside the unique temple. And “ACM Group” continues author's supervision.

Start of restoration works at the cultural heritage site Architectural complex “Vovnushki” in the mountainous Ingushetia. Author's supervision by ACM Group.

The House of architect Leonty Nikolaevich Benois on Bolshoi Prospect of Vasilievsky Island, 57/15 is recognized as an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

The architectural and artistic design of the front facades of the building, built in 1913, is designed in the character of neoclassicism. The basement part is faced with red granite. Textured plaster is used in the decoration of the front facades. The front entrances are decorated with portals with fillets and pilasters. In the lunettes of the front entrances there are windows-lucarnas framed by stucco compositions of cartouches, plant garlands and “horns of plenty”. The building has survived without significant changes and is a rare example of late neoclassicism by Leonty Benois in St. Petersburg.

The oldest hotel in the Krasnoyarsk region - Mikhailovskaya Hotel - reopened its doors in the historical center of Minusinsk after a large-scale restoration. It is located in a monument building built in 1890 on the funds of local merchant Minayev.

The restorers restored the historic facade, restored the brickwork and unique paneling, as well as strengthened the load-bearing structures and completely redesigned the interior. Before the revolution the hotel was called “Metropol”, but now it was impossible to use this name, as the right holder of the brand did not give his consent. The solution was found in the archives - it turned out that Lenin Street, on which the building stands, used to be called in honor of the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty. This is how the new name of the hotel was born.

The exhibition "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Century XIX".

The exhibition presents the work of Alexei Bogolyubov, a bright artist and traveler, whose art is imbued with love for Russia. He was one of the first to document his impressions of traveling through Russian cities. Special attention is paid to his sketches made in 1863 during a trip with the heir to the throne Nicholas Alexandrovich. The artist's works convey the spirit of the time and the diversity of the Russian landscape, architecture and folk life.

The master created views of Petrozavodsk, Yaroslavl, Rostov-on-Don and many other cities. He also captured the spirit of Russian industrialization, depicting factories and mines. Pictures of the southern coast of the Crimea and landscapes of the Zhigulev Mountains became an important part of his work.

The exposition is complemented by travel items from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Four putti figures were returned to the facade of the Urusov mansion.

The building of the Lermontov Library at 17-19 Liteiny Prospekt was built in the Eclectic style with elements of Renaissance and Baroque. In the course of the research we found losses and distortions of architectural elements of the facades during the renovations of the Soviet period.

The main decorative element of the facade is two compositions with putti supporting cartouches. The shields in the center of the cartouches bear the coat of arms of the last owners of the mansion, Counts Musin-Pushkin.

It is interesting that after the revolution of 1917 instead of the coat of arms in the cartouches appeared a hammer and sickle, and instead of the princely crown - a five-pointed star.

The coat of arms and the crown were restored on the basis of historical heraldic images of the coat of arms of the Musin-Pushkins and the princely crown on the coats of arms of the Lubomirskys and Urusovs.

Four plaster sculptures of putti were dismantled and copies were created.

Today, in 1761, architect Andreyan Dmitrievich Zakharov was born - the author of the Main Admiralty building in St. Petersburg, which became one of the architectural symbols of the city. He is also the author of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair, St. Andrew's Cathedral in Kronstadt, destroyed in 1932, St. Peter's Church in Gatchina and many other buildings.

Today, in 1773 was born the architect of the Classicist era Andrei Alexeyevich Mikhailov, who entered the history of architecture as Mikhailov 2nd, the 1st was his older brother Alexander.

In 1794 Mikhailov received the Big Gold Medal for his graduation project of the Gostiny Dvor, in 1811 he was awarded the title of professor of architecture.

The main buildings - the Church of St. Catherine on the Cadet Line, 27, the house of merchant Changzhin on the Fontanka Embankment, 163, the building of the Russian Academy on the 1st line of Vasilievsky Island, 52, the interiors of the Academy of Arts, the building of the Women's Patriotic Institute on the 10th line of Vasilievsky Island, 3.

A detailed guide to the architectural details of former revenue houses, “Carefully Washed,” by local historian Ksenia Sidorina, who has been washing and restoring St. Petersburg's tiles, stoves, and stained-glass windows since 2019 with a team of volunteer restorers called Geng.

The book is the most comprehensive compendium of metlach and tile stamps in Russian, as well as a guide with which you can safely go walking around St. Petersburg in search of already washed stained glass windows, stoves, ceramic floors and walls.

On August 21, in Conference Hall 1, Pavilion 3 on Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, the National Center “Russia” will host an event dedicated to modern restoration technologies and innovative methods of preserving cultural heritage - “Restoring the Lost: Restoration of Masterpieces and the Role of AI in Returning Lost Heritage.”

The event will discuss the complex restoration processes hidden from the general public, the latest achievements in digital restoration, and the prospects for using AI in cultural heritage preservation.

Today, August 20, 1721, the fountains and cascades of Peterhof were launched for the first time. They are fed by reservoirs on the Ropsha Heights, from where water flows by gravity thanks to the difference in elevation. The idea was proposed by French architect Jean-Baptiste Leblond, and the construction was supervised by hydraulic engineer Vasily Tuvalkov.