DAY OF ARCHIVES OF RUSSIA
March 10, 2020 will mark exactly 300 years since the modern type of archives appeared in Russia. On this day in 1720, the Gen [...]
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Historically, since the middle of the 40s of the XX century, mainly women worked in the Summer Garden and the Palace Museum o [...]
HISTORY OF GARDENS “DOPETROVSK PERIOD”
The first references to the territory of the modern Summer and Mikhailovsky Gardens, Engineering Square and the Mikhailovsky [...]
GARDENS IN ART PALACE OF PETER I
Today we place color autolithography made by Vladimir Grigorievich Boriskovich in 1963. The work is called "The corner of the [...]
ALLEY FROM THE SWAN CHANNEL
When everyone is tired of the endless prejudice, we publish photos of the Summer Garden taken in the summer. Summer garden. A [...]
FILING NEWSPAPERS “HELLO SUMMER GARDEN”
The newspaper "Evening Leningrad" on May 6, 1971 A small note on the completion of restoration work in the Summer Palace of P [...]
EMPEROR ALEXANDER II
March 2 (February 18, old style) in 1855, Alexander II entered the throne of the Russian Empire. He entered Russian history a [...]
FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
The closing day of Shrovetide is most often called Forgiveness Sunday, and is also called the kisser and the wires. Walking e [...]
FEBRUARY 29 – THIS DAY HAS FOUR FOUR YEARS
An interesting day on February 29th. For three years he has not been on the calendar, and then he appears. And the month of F [...]
GARDENS IN ART “PAVILION OF RUSSIA”
Many people like to look at photographs of the gardens of the Russian Museum, made in the 60s of the XX century. They breathe [...]