On the eastern side of Cathedral Square stands the magnificent Ivan the Great Belltower, which, at a height of 81 metres, was ...
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ba ...
The Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden, also known as the Botanic Gardens of the Komarov Botanical Institute, is the oldest bo ...
The Main building of Moscow State University, designed by Lev Rudnev, is the highest of seven Stalinist style skyscrapers of ...
The Field of Mars or Marsovo Polye is a large park named after the Mars, Roman god of war. The history of Field of Mars goes ...
Circus Ciniselli was the first stone-built circus in Russia. The building, which still stands, was opened on 26 December 1877 ...
Vyborg Old Cathedral is the oldest building in Vyborg, but today only some parts of its walls and the tower remain. The paris ...
The Radisson Royal Hotel is a five-star luxury hotel which still maintains its historic name of Hotel Ukraina. Hotel Ukraina ...
The House of Soviets is a building located in the city of Kaliningrad and was built on the original territory of Königsb ...
The Vyborg Municipal Library was built during the time of Finnish sovereignty between 1933-1935, before the Finnish city of V ...
On 23rd April 1289 the Landmeister (provincial Master) of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, Meinhard von Querfurt, attacked the ...
Tiversk or Tiversky gorodok (Finnish: Tiurinlinna) was a medieval Russian fortified settlement situated on an island of the R ...
Gdov was established as an outpost of the Pskov Republic. It occupied a strategically important position, being close to ...
The Knights of the Teutonic Order appeared on this land in 1257. In 1352, when the Prussian lands were divided between the Ch ...
Schaaken Castle, built by Teutonic Order, was first mentioned in 1328. Today impressive ruins remain of this brick castle.
In 1311, Teutonic mercenaries called Landsknechts set up a camp on the high banks of the Angrapa River, close to where it flo ...
The Battle of Pokarwis between pagan Prussians and the Teutonic Knights took place nearby in 1261. The Teutonic Knights found ...
Balga was a medieval castle of the Teutonic Knights. The hill of Balga had been the site of an Old Prussian (Warmian) fortres ...
The earth and timber stronghold Gerdauen was constructed by the Teutonic Knights in 1270. After a subsequent Prussian uprisin ...
The earliest official mention of building a fortress in Waldau comes from a chronicle dating to 1258. The name of the castle ...