Category: Nobility

25.12.2015 / Anton Bondarev

Kharkiv Through Its People: Valerian Neronov—One of the Founders of St. Nicholas Church

On October 26, 1836, Valerian Alexandrovich Neronov was born into a military family.He was descended…

22.12.2015 / Anton Bondarev

Today, we invite you to watch a 23-minute documentary about the Leshchinsky family, magnates of…

26.09.2015 / Anton Bondarev

To this day, the life and work of our fellow Kharkiv native, Prince Alexander Dmitrievich…

15.08.2015 / Anton Bondarev

Kharkiv and the Golitsyn Princes: What Do We Know About Them? Perhaps nothing at all.…

09.08.2015 / Anton Bondarev

We previously mentioned G. K. Lukomsky’s book *Ancient Estates of the Kharkiv Governorate*. In particular,…

09.08.2015 / Anton Bondarev

In the Russian Empire, horse racing and horse breeding were very popular. What role did…

21.07.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

A photo essay from the excursion we took in the summer of 2015 to one…

16.07.2015 / Anton Bondarev

In the 1875 Kharkiv calendar, we find a most intriguing story… The deceased landowner of…

21.06.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

On June 21, 2015, we took a field trip to the estate in Hyivka neighborhood,…

11.05.2015 / Іvan Ponomarenko

A photo report from our first field trip to the village of Rokytne in the…