hidden Pyatigorsky Convent of the Mother of God The Pyatogorsky Convent of the Mother of God (the village of Kurkovitsi, the Volosovo district). It was separated from the Vokhono Convent of St. Mary-Magdalene. It was founded in 1899 according to the decree of the Holy Synod on the area (177.5... more

hidden Sadovnikov, Sergey Vasilyevich (1835 - 1906), an architect Sergey Vasilyevich Sadovnikov (1835 - 1906), an architect, academician of architecture (1881). Sergey Vasilyevich Sadovnikov was a son of the artist V.S. Sadovnikov (1800-1879). S.V. Sadovnikov graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in... more

hidden Vokhonovsky Convent of St. Mary Magdalene The Vokhono Convent of St. Mary-Magdalene (the village of Vokhonovo, the Gatchina district). In January 1883 the landowner A.P. Platonov and his daughter Natalya Aleksandrovna presented 6.5 desyatinas (about 18 acres) of forests to the... more