On April 23 at the St. Petersburg Union of Architects the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg will present a new publication in two volumes - "Restoration of palace and park ensembles of St. Petersburg suburbs. 1941-1957 . Collection of documents from the archival collection of the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Monuments of History and Culture".

The book is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the blockade and the beginning of the restoration of suburban park palaces.

Unique artifacts of the XVI-XVIII centuries were discovered in Moscow during archaeological works.

A double-sided seal-matrix of the late XVI-early XVII centuries was found near the Church of Elijah the Prophet of Ordinary. The artifact is made of colored metal, one side depicts a lion, the other a warrior with a sword and dagger in his hands. These are popular in the Middle Ages symbols of power and valor. Usually the warrior was depicted in full height or only in profile, but on the found seal he is represented at the waist.

In the area of Obydenskiye pereuloks was found an overlay of colored metal of the XVII century with a well-preserved image of a lion. Similar overlays were previously used to decorate a belt or purse.

Another find is an 18th century Moscow plot izrazec of the XVIII century.

Over the past 14 years, the capital's archaeologists have discovered more than 120 thousand artifacts.

In the St. Petersburg office of ACM Group, architects continue to work actively on restoration projects for Ingushetia's tower complexes.

There are still some cranks who continue to believe that the implementation of a restoration project for a ruined or emergency tower is a “quick and easy matter”. But God be with them... However, for example, the Tumgi Tower Complex was designed by a group of architects over nine months.

“ACM Group” completed the first two presentation albums with historical photographs of Ingushetia of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The first album includes 135 black-and-white photos, the second - 130. The photo materials of mountainous Ingushetia, its tower complexes and their inhabitants are the result of the work of ACM Group historians in the archives of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Georgia, the Republics of Ingushetia, Chechnya and North Ossetia, thanks to the support of the SAFMAR and Renaissance Charitable Foundations.

Specialists of the Grabar Restoration Center have completed the unique restoration of the banner of the Don Army, which was granted by Empress Catherine II “For the numerous feats performed by the Don troops during the war with Turkey in 1767-1774 ”.

This is how the Children's Republican Library in the center of Tashkent looks now, reconstructed under a project by Ludi architect and ACM Group.

In the course of research work in the interiors of the cultural heritage object of federal significance “St. Petersburg Noble Assembly” fragments of historical paintings of the early twentieth century were discovered. The authorship is attributed to the artist Mikhail Vasilyev, known for his works in the interiors of the Kronstadt Sea Cathedral.

Restoration of the facades of the Radio House by ACM Group.

The Governor of the Kemerovo Region issued a decree to abolish the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects of Kuzbass. In the course of reforming the system of protection of national heritage and getting rid of “redundant” norms and requirements, it is gradually becoming clear that the entire system seems “redundant” to lobbyists. And monument protection bodies, among others.

The Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg recognized the former profitable house of State Councillor Andrei Kushelev at 1 Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue as a monument of regional significance.

The three-story house on this site was erected as early as 1834. In 1899 the house was rebuilt for the State Councillor by the project of architect A. Nosalevich - the layout was changed and the facades acquired a new architectural and artistic eclectic solution. On the hipped tower the year 1900 - the year of completion of the works - is indicated on the flag.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the building housed a professional union of clerks, which is still evidenced by a commemorative plaque on the facade.

The exhibition in the Annenkirch “Rock, Film and Flame”. Here you can familiarize yourself with the history of the church, visit the music rotunda where rock hits are played, look at photos of famous rock musicians taken within these walls, and see various installations.

On April 17, Konstantin Poletaev's exhibition "Steampunk Architecture. Moscow-Noginsk", dedicated to the comprehension of history and architecture of the Moscow region city of Noginsk-Bogorodsk, which has an extensive architectural history.

The golden period for the city was the turn of XIX-XX centuries, - the Art Nouveau era, when such architects as A.V.Kuznetsov, I.E.Bondarenko, A.F.Loleit, A.M.Markov and I.M.Vasiliev worked here.

After the October Revolution the image of the city changed unpredictably and rapidly - old buildings disappeared and new ones appeared. Konstantin Poletaev's project is the history of the city told through fantastic architectural objects and presented in unusual images-compilations. Taking the steampunk style as a basis, the artist fantasizes, prolonging the “golden age” of the city, discusses how wooden architecture, Art Nouveau architecture and monuments of classicism could be combined with constructivism and the world of modern technology.

Yesterday, the capital of Ingushetia hosted a videoconference on the interaction between the restorers who restored the unique temple “Tkhaba Erdy” in 1969 and the restorers working today in mountainous Ingushetia. The videoconference was organized by the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic, the Jeirakh-Assin Museum-Reserve and the Russian-Georgian Business Council at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. Famous archaeologist, Professor G.G.Gambashidze, who took part in the restoration of the temple during the Soviet era, took part in the conference from the Georgian side.

As of today, the restoration of Tkhaba Erda is initiated by the SAFMAR and Vozrozhdeniye Charity Funds, and full-fledged archaeological research is planned to begin this summer with the participation of ACM Group and Ingush archaeologists.

Employees of the E.I. Krupnov Archaeological Center together with the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences have obtained new data on the age of one of the oldest temples on the territory of Russia - Albi Erda, located in the mountainous Ingushetia, based on the results of radiocarbon analysis. Selected samples of wood from the lintels above the doorways, after laboratory research, allowed to determine that the temple was built between 668 and 974 AD.

The first festival of architecture and theater “Levinson's Persona” will be held in St. Petersburg.

The event will be dedicated to the work of the famous Leningrad architect Evgeny Adolfovich Levinson. The program includes a promenade performance and an educational program by leading experts with lectures and excursions.

This year, the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg will begin restoration of the courtyard facades of the Tolstoy House, located between Rubinstein Street and the Fontanka River Embankment.

The house of Major-General of the Reserve Count Mikhail Pavlovich Tolstoy was built according to the project of the outstanding architect Fyodor Lidval in 1910-1912 in the style of Northern Art Nouveau with elements of neoclassicism. In 1913, after the Count's death, the house was passed to his widow Olga Alexandrovna and became known as “General's Tolstoy's house”.

Opera on the balcony of the WAWELBERG Hotel has already become a St. Petersburg tradition. Residents and guests of the city specially come to listen to the concerts every week and are surprised by such an unusual format emphasizing the status of the city as a cultural capital.

WAWELBERG Hotel project by ACM Group.

On April 21, the International Conference “The Modern ‘Cult of Monuments’ - Political Tool or Intergenerational Heritage” will be held.

The participants of the conference - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Center for Salvage Archaeology of the Institute of History

material culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the National Committee of the International Council for the Preservation of Monuments and Sites of Russia, the State Hermitage Museum and the Union of Restorers of St. Petersburg, will discuss various aspects concerning the role of cultural heritage in the modern world.

This year, the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg will start the restoration of the cultural heritage object of regional significance “Basin's House” on Ostrovsky Square, 5.

Architect Nikolai Basin built his own house in 1878 in the “Russian style”. The planned restoration will recreate the lost scaled cover of the dome and bay window, as well as restoring weathervanes, balcony railings and restoring the turrets on the parapets of the front facades.

This year, the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg will begin restoration of the facades of the courtyard buildings of the Pel (Gukasova) house at 46 Liteiny Prospekt, a cultural heritage site of regional significance.

The reconstruction of the building that previously existed on the site was carried out in 1865 by a new owner - architect Alexander Khristoforovich Pel.

In 1908, the next owner of the house - oil producer Pavel Gukasov - commissioned the architect Alexander Khrenov to reconstruct and increase the volume of the building, who created new courtyard buildings.

From May 18 to 25 the Russian Association of Restorers, together with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Mongolia, the Ministry of Culture of Mongolia and the National Center of Religion and Cultural Heritage of Mongolia, will hold the I Mongolian-Russian Restoration Conference with visits to restoration objects of the distant country.

There are still historians who continue to develop the hypothesis that many peoples and even civilizations originated in the North Caucasus. It was the Caucasus that gave the most powerful development to Scandinavia, many countries of Europe and even the Maya tribes in South America. For further development of the hypothesis, let us provide respected historians with a photograph of two buildings with a pyramidal roof on Phu Quoc Island in North Vietnam.