AСM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and add information about them to the Unified Electronic Database of Ingushetia's Monuments, which the company is creating with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Structures that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be added to the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The AСM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying the structures at the Upper Guli Tower Complex. The existing register contains 122 cultural heritage sites. ACM Group specialists have identified an additional 41 historical structures and 10 steles at the complex.

AСM Group submitted 51 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 51 sites will be legally designated and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

ACM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and add information about them to the Unified Electronic Database of Ingushetia's Monuments, which the company is creating with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Structures that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The ACM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying structures at the Old Yevloy Tower Complex. The existing register contains 37 cultural heritage sites. ASM Group specialists have identified an additional 13 historical structures at the complex, including towers, crypts, and one stele.

ACM Group submitted 13 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 13 sites will be legally designated and will take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

At the Vovnushki Tower Complex in mountainous Ingushetia, scaffolding installation for the restoration of the unique towers continues. Prior to the towers' restoration, the ACM Group project includes reinforcing the rock foundation, which is secured with a metal safety net. The work is being carried out with the support and funding of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation.

From June 29 to July 8, a traveling school on natural stone restoration is being held at the Tsarsky Station pavilion in Pushkin.

Participants will:

- inspect and clean surfaces,

- identify and repair damaged areas,

- strengthen the stone structure,

- repair cracks and chips,

- apply protective coatings.

The traveling restoration schools are supported by the Moscow Government.

ACM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and add information about them to the Unified Electronic Database of Ingushetia's Monuments, which the company is creating with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Structures that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The ACM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying structures at the Koli Tower Complex. The existing register includes 11 cultural heritage sites. ACM Group specialists have identified an additional 17 historical structures at the complex, including towers, crypts, and one stele.

ACM Group submitted 17 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 17 sites will be legally designated and will take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

As a reminder, it was through the initiative of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation and the work of ACM Group that 117 towers and crypts were included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites in early June.

ACM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and enter information about them into the Unified Electronic Database of Monuments of Ingushetia, with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Structures that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The ACM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying structures at the Upper Puy Tower Complex. Three cultural heritage sites are listed in the existing register. ACM Group specialists have identified an additional 18 historical structures at the complex, including towers and crypts.

ACM Group submitted 18 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 18 sites will be legally designated and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

As a reminder, it was through the initiative of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation and the work of ACM Group that 117 towers and crypts were included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites in early June.

Today, a general meeting of members of the Russian Association of Restorers was held at the International Restoration Center in the village of Rozhdestveno, Leningrad Region. In addition to general topics and pleasant conversation, the upcoming amendments to Federal Law No. 73 were discussed. Denis Sergeyevich Protsenko, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Culture, answered numerous questions from the audience, including those from ACM Group.

As part of the presentation of the new 24th issue of the "Architectural Yearbook" from the Association of Architectural Studios of St. Petersburg, the head of ACM Group presented a report on the company's research work in Russia.

Explore monks' burials in caves in the Pskov region?

Traverse the Gulf of Finland in search of archaeology?

Discover an underground passage under the Neva from Millionnaya Street to the Peter and Paul Fortress?

Explore the inaccessible mountains of the North Caucasus?

Find a two-hundred-year-old bottle of wine during an excavation? Swing 250 meters from the spire of Moscow State University?

ACM Group is doing all this.

With the support of the Algorithm Group of Companies and the OAM Association, the publishing house of the St. Petersburg Humanitarian University of Trade Unions has released a unique book, "Contemporary Architecture of St. Petersburg: Traditions and Innovations."

The book places particular emphasis on the interaction of architecture with the environment and sociocultural context, as well as issues of sustainable development and the preservation of St. Petersburg's cultural heritage.

Twenty of the city's best architects, members of the Association of Architectural Studios, worked on the book over two years under the leadership of People's Architect of the Russian Federation O.A. Kharchenko, creating a comprehensive and honest analysis of the current development of St. Petersburg urban development.

The bulk of the book consists of the texts of 20 lectures given by contemporary St. Petersburg architects to students of the Humanitarian University of Trade Unions.

ACM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and add information about them to the Unified Electronic Database of Ingushetia Monuments, which the company is creating with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Structures that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The ACM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying the structures at the Khyani Tower Complex. The existing register contains 35 cultural heritage sites. ASM Group specialists have identified an additional 34 historical monuments at the complex, including towers, crypts, and nine steles.

ACM Group submitted 34 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 34 sites will be legally designated and will take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

As a reminder, it was through the initiative of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation and the work of ACM Group that 117 towers and crypts were already included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia in early June.

The Legislative Assembly (ZAK) has banned heritage conservationists from submitting repeated applications for recognition of buildings as monuments. The St. Petersburg parliament passed a bill in its third reading that allows KGIOP to return applicants' applications if they are repeated.

While applications for recognition as a monument are being reviewed, a building is added to the list of buildings that possess the characteristics of a cultural heritage site. Being on this list provides protection from demolition and other works. After a building's protection status was denied, heritage conservationists often resubmitted applications and temporarily extended the building's legal protection.

The bill was submitted to the Legislative Assembly by St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov. According to it, KGIOP is not required to consider applications for inclusion in the register of cultural heritage sites if a decision on the matter has already been made. An exception should be made for applications accompanied by documents containing new information about the property's value.

The editorial committee previously rejected amendments proposed by Yabloko and Mikhail Amosov, which proposed granting protected status to properties subject to the conclusions of three certified experts. The deputies also proposed making the application form advisory, publishing application texts, and introducing a scoring system for historical and cultural value criteria in the city. The committee rejected all of these proposals.

The exhibition "Contemporary Church Architecture of St. Petersburg" is open at the St. Petersburg House of Architects until June 28. The exhibition is the culmination of five years of work by St. Petersburg architects, as well as architects from other cities who have worked in the Northern Capital.

The Osorgin House at 18 Tchaikovsky Street has officially been added to the list of designated cultural heritage sites in St. Petersburg.

The building has a rich history, dating back to the early 19th century. In the 1840s, the building housed apartments for the Count Khvostov family, among whose tenants was Mikhail Lermontov's grandmother. It is believed that it was here that the poet worked on his famous novel, "A Hero of Our Time."

The building acquired its current eclectic appearance with baroque elements in 1876-1877 after a reconstruction designed by architecture academic Ivan Shaposhnikov. The architect, who designed the Great Choral Synagogue, not only rebuilt the house but also moved in. It was here, in 1879, that his daughter Elena was born, a future outstanding figure and the wife of the artist Nicholas Roerich.

The Ingushetia Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites reviewed and approved the restoration project for the Koki Tower Complex by ACM Group.

Historically, the towers of the Koki complex were blown up by tsarist troops in the fall of 1910 for harboring the abrek Zelimkhan. In 1911, the residents of Koki and the neighboring Nelkh complex were deported to the Irkutsk and Yenisei provinces. In 1913, the repressed were rehabilitated and returned to their homeland, but the towers have not been restored to this day.

As Delovoy Peterburg reported on June 19 of this year, the St. Petersburg Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (KGIOP) has issued an order removing the "Residential Building of the Nevskaya Thread Manufactory Partnership" at 53 Vyborgskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg from the list of sites with characteristics of cultural heritage. The application for inclusion in the register was submitted to the department in February 2026.

Meanwhile, ACM Group completed historical research on the former manufactory building in May.

ACM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and add them to the Unified Electronic Database of Ingushetia's Monuments, which the company is creating with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Buildings that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The ACM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying the structures at the Gadaborsh Tower Complex. The existing register contains 11 cultural heritage sites. ASM Group specialists have identified an additional 35 historical monuments at the complex, including ruined towers and 31 steles.

ACM Group submitted 35 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 35 sites will be legally designated and will take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

ACM Group is ready to provide all necessary additional assistance to legally protect all towers and crypts in Ingushetia.

As a reminder, it was through the initiative of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation and the work of ACM Group that 117 towers and crypts were added to the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia in early June.

Restoration of the Korela Fortress, a federal cultural heritage site, has begun in the city of Priozersk, Leningrad Region. The fortress was first mentioned in 1294, and a new fortress was built by Novgorodians in 1310.

During the restoration of this unique fortress, temporary buttresses will be used to support the stone walls from the outside (see photo for the foundations for installing the buttresses). Wooden structures inside the historic buildings will also support the walls from the inside.

A buttress, from the French contre-force meaning "counteracting force," is a vertical support that enhances the primary load-bearing capacity of a building. Its main purpose is to absorb and compensate for horizontal loads (thrust) arising from walls, vaults, arches, ceilings, or soil pressure. Buttresses were first encountered in ancient architecture. Mesopotamia since the second half of the 4th millennium BC.

Furthermore, as reported by the Ural State Architectural Academy, buttresses are a fairly common method of strengthening during restoration. A buttress can only function effectively if its foundation is properly stable. Experience shows that many historic buttresses, erected both before and after the onset of deformation, fail to perform their functions, existing independently of the structure they are strengthening.

The temporary wooden buttresses installed last year at the Tkhaba Yerdy Temple in mountainous Ingushetia also provide support for the temple's weakened walls and vaults, both externally and internally. The installation of the buttresses was as timely as possible, as subsequent archaeological research revealed the absence of foundations under the temple's southern wall.

Restoration of the Smolny Cathedral's decor in St. Petersburg. The magnificent restored angels on the pediments of the Smolny Cathedral's quadrangles.

The Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia, by Orders No. 18 of June 10, No. 19 of June 11, and No. 20 of June 16 of this year, added 117 sites to the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia at the following sites:

Kyoshk Tower Complex - 13 sites,

Gu Tower Complex - 8 sites,

Kherakh Tower Complex - 4 sites,

Kashtyn Tower Complex - 4 sites,

Egenty Tower Complex - 2 sites,

Kost Tower Complex - 13 sites objects,

The Metskhal Tower Complex - 24 objects,

The Nizhny Guli Tower Complex - 49 objects.

Finally, the applications submitted by ACM Group, with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation, have begun to bear fruit. 117 unique objects, officially designated monuments these days, have received their legal protection.

As a reminder, over the past nine months, ACM Group alone has submitted 2,953 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia regarding previously unregistered sites.

We also inform you that the aforementioned orders must be posted on the official website of the Government of Ingushetia and the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia.

ACSM Group continues its work to identify previously unrecorded historical structures in mountainous Ingushetia and add them to the Unified Electronic Database of Ingushetia's Monuments, which the company is creating with the full support of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation. Structures that exhibit characteristics of cultural heritage sites must also be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for their legal and practical protection.

The ACM Group team has completed its work identifying and studying the structures at the Barakh Tower Complex. The existing register includes 19 cultural heritage sites. ACM Group specialists have identified an additional 207 historical monuments at the complex, including towers, crypts, and 167 steles.

ACM Group submitted 207 applications to the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia for inclusion of newly identified sites in the Register of Newly Identified Cultural Heritage Sites of Ingushetia. We hope that within 90 working days, another 207 sites will be legally designated and take their rightful place among other unique monuments of the Russian Federation.

ACM Group is ready to provide all necessary additional assistance to legally protect all towers and crypts in Ingushetia.

The Golovin Dacha, a federal cultural heritage site, will be restored by 2028.

The restoration project for this 1823-1824 building, designed by architect Ludwig Charlemagne, includes the removal of later partitions and the restoration of the historic entrance porches and symmetrical window openings. Special attention will be paid to the landscape of the dacha site. The building will be adapted for modern use while preserving all protected elements. The restoration will be carried out by developer City Solutions.

ACM began the restoration and adaptation project for this unique wooden monument over 10 years ago.