The Shchusev Museum of Architecture is preparing to open an exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of one of the famous Moscow architects of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.

Illarion Ivanov-Shits is considered one of the main representatives of Moscow Art Nouveau. His architecture was characterized by elegance, attention to detail and the ability to combine the utilitarian function of the building with an expressive artistic appearance. Ivanov-Shits left a vivid trace in the appearance of Moscow - his designs were used to build the Palace on the Yauza River, the Main Moscow Savings Bank in Rakhmanovsky Lane, the Abrikosova Maternity Orphanage on Miusskaya Square, and the Club of the Moscow Merchant Assembly on Malaya Dmitrovka, where the Lenkom Theater is now located.

The exhibition “Half a Century in the Service of Moscow” will open in November in the halls of the Anfilade. It is based on the unique collection of the A.V. Shchusev Museum of Architecture - design drawings, sketches, templates, photocopies, as well as watercolors depicting the facades, interiors and design elements of the buildings.

Restoration work continues with the participation of ACM Group on the main spire crowned with a star on the main building of Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory.

It is interesting that initially in the project of architect Lev Rudnev, not the spire with a star, but a sculpture was chosen. It could be a statue of Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin or Mikhail Lomonosov about 40 meters high.

Well, since they did not make a statue, we climb around the star at a height of 240 meters.

As part of a large-scale and much-needed program to identify information on the history and material culture of Ingushetia, historians of the ACM Group, at the initiative of the SAFMAR and Renaissance Charitable Foundations, continue their active work in various cities and regions of Russia and abroad. Currently, intensive work is being carried out in museums and archives of Moscow and Moscow region.

The State Historical Museum, the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Shchusev Museum of Architecture, the Institute of Art History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Military History Archive - this is just a short list of institutions whose holdings contain bits of precious information that can shed light on the history of Ingushetia.

In close cooperation with leading academic and cultural institutions, ACM Group continues its research efforts to bring back history.

Today, in 1859, Fyodor Osipovich Shechtel was born - an outstanding architect without a diploma, one of the brightest representatives of Russian Art Nouveau. He participated in the design of the Historical Museum building, the author of the projects of the Yaroslavl railway station, Morozovs' and Ryabushinsky's mansions.

St. Petersburg plans to strengthen control over the preservation of historic stained glass windows in residential buildings. For this purpose they will combine the efforts of several agencies and develop changes in regulations. On this topic the day before held a working meeting with the Housing Committee, the Fund for Capital Repair, Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments and Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture, as well as citizens who are not indifferent to the preservation of stained glass.

"Preservation of stained glass windows is a contribution to the historical image of the city and the comfort of residents. Careful attitude to such details makes St. Petersburg unique! Preservation of architectural heritage is a joint task of the authorities, management organizations and residents", - said the head of the Housing Committee Denis Udod.

How many stained glass windows and other details and elements did the city have to lose in order to finally express such an obvious and wise thought.

Already on August 10, an offsite restoration school will start in Podolsk. Until August 207, a unique field school will be held on the picturesque territory of the Ivanovskoye estate, dedicated to the theme “The Estate in the life of a modern city - the concept of preserving the historical ensemble”.

This event will be an opportunity for students from Moscow and St. Petersburg to deepen their knowledge and practical skills in the field of architecture and restoration.

Registration for the XVI All-Russian Conference "Preservation and Revival of Small Historical Towns and Rural Settlements: Problems and Prospects. Complex development programs", which this year will be held on September 18-20 in Kolomna.

On August 16, the Old Ladoga Fortress invites you to Staraya Ladoga for the opening of a large-scale historical exposition "On Guard of Northern Borders. Ladoga in the XVI-XVIII centuries", dedicated to the role of Ladoga as a key outpost. Here, at the walls of the legendary citadel, the paths of history crossed in the XVII century. Ladoga became not only a fortress - it became a living symbol of Russia's steadfastness. In the years of the Troubles, when the very existence of the country was hanging by a thread, it was the stone walls of the fortress that took the blow of the northern invaders. And in 1617, the Stolbovsky Peace Treaty, which defined new borders and a new era, put an end to a long confrontation near Ladoga.

The exposition in the Gate Tower is an immersion into that crucial time, when every stone of the fortress remembers the rattle of cannons, and the fate of the defenders merges with the fate of the fatherland. Thanks to the model of defensive structures, the Ladoga Fortress can be seen as it was in the XVII century.

"ACM Group is starting survey and design work in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Territory.

The place is ancient - in the second half of the first millennium A.D. one of the branches of the Great Silk Road from the lower Volga River to Transcaucasia and Black Sea ports ran here. There are evidences that Huns, Avars, Pechenegs, Polovtsians and Mongols visited the area. Archaeologists have found in this area Scythian, Khazar and Sarmatian burials, as well as traces of Alanian, ancient Bulgarian and Horde settlements.

And by the way, Nevinnomyssk in 1850 visited Prince Alexander Nikolaevich - the future Emperor Alexander II, and also in 1894 merchant 1st guild Baranov introduced in the city one of the largest in the Caucasus steam mills, and more - in 1895 in Nevinnomyssk merchant Lapin built the largest in the Russian Empire wool-washing factory.

This week specialists of the International Restoration Center are working in the Museum of the History of the City of Shlisselburg to restore the exposition appearance of the 17th century cannon raised from the bottom of the Neva River.

The House of Peter the Great opened in the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve after restoration.

In 1702 it was built by Russian carpenters and Dutch shipwrights at the mouth of the Northern Dvina River. In 1877 it was moved to Arkhangelsk, and in 1934 - to Kolomenskoye.

Specialists repaired the exterior walls of the wooden log cabin and decorative elements, the stove pipe and roof. Floors were replaced in the interiors. The engineering systems were also repaired.

How were books and newspapers printed in the early twentieth century? How did the printing house work, where posters, business cards, advertising leaflets were created?

The exhibition “The Old Printing House”, opening in the Museum of Printing on the embankment of the Moika River, will reveal the structure of printing production and the role of St. Petersburg as a publishing center. At the end of the XIX century St. Petersburg was a concentration of printing houses. Collected works of classics, scientific works, art albums were printed here. Large publishers participated in industrial exhibitions, created educational institutions, and developed the printing business. One of the surviving examples of a private printing house is the building on Volynsky Lane. Built in 1905 on Alexei Suvorin's funds, it functioned as a full-fledged printing complex. The exhibition allows you to look inside and understand how the work of the workshops was organized. The exhibition also includes printing presses, typesetting presses, and cutting machines.

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.