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Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Visit to the Emperor Nicholas II of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. May 22, 1896 - Посещение императором Николаем II Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. 22 мая 1896 г

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Visit to the Emperor Nicholas II of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. May 22, 1896 - Посещение императором Николаем II Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. 22 мая 1896 г

Courthouse and Panteleimon Monastery

Courthouse and Panteleimon Monastery

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Compound of the Surkov Monastery. Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Compound of the Surkov Monastery. Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Compound of the Surkov Monastery. Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The ci... More

Solovki, Solovetsky monastery, Russian Empire, 19th century

Solovki, Solovetsky monastery, Russian Empire, 19th century

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Sobor Mikhaila Arkhangela - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Sobor Mikhaila Arkhangela - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Mikhail-Archangel monastery. Arkhangelsk (Archangel) - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Mikhail-Archangel monastery. Arkhangelsk (Archangel) - Arkhangelsk (Ar...

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. 1887 - Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. 1887 - Mezen of Arkhange...

Mezen was founded in the 16th century on the site of Okladnikova (Bolshoy) settlement (Sokolnya Nova) and Kuznetsova (Malaya) settlement of the Mezen district. The first to settle here was the boyar son of Okla... More

View of Verkolsky Monastery, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

View of Verkolsky Monastery, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Vercolsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol district and part of the Dvinsky county, th... More

Church, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Church, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Vercolsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol district and part of the Dvinsky county, th... More

Alexandrov - Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery.

Alexandrov - Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery.

Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery. Alexandrov has been known since the middle of the 14th century. Since 15th century a place of rest for the Moscow princes. In 1509-1515 a large complex of the pr... More

Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery. Alexandrov

Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery. Alexandrov

Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery. Alexandrov has been known since the middle of the 14th century. Since 15th century a place of rest for the Moscow princes. In 1509-1515 a large complex of the pr... More

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery

Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin - a female Orthodox monastery in the village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir region, occupies the territory of the palace-castle of Andrei Bogolyubsky - the only civ... More

The Church of Pokrov na Nerly. (The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl )

The Church of Pokrov na Nerly. (The Church of the Intercession on the ...

The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl was built in memory of the deceased son of Grand Duke Izyaslav Andreevich between 1158 and 1165. Vasily Tatishchev in the "History of the Russian" writes that "the mas... More

View near the Annunciation Monastery - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

View near the Annunciation Monastery - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

View near the Annunciation Monastery Vyazniki history starts from the ancient city-fortress Yaropolch-Zalessky, founded by Prince Yaropolk Vladimirovich in 1135-1138. The city was burnt in 1239 by the troops o... More

Ivanovo - Panskaya Street, Lower Marketplace.

Ivanovo - Panskaya Street, Lower Marketplace.

Panska Street, Nizhny Bazaar. Ivanovo originated in the XV century. By 1579 the Pokrovsky Monastery was founded. The first written mention is found in 1608 in the books of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. During the... More

Kirzhach, Russia, Moscow, Russian Empire

Kirzhach, Russia, Moscow, Russian Empire

Kirzhach first mentioned in 1332 in the spiritual literacy of Ivan Kalita as a settlement with the St. Sergius of Radonezh Annunciation founded in 1358, the blossoming period of which falls on the XV-XVIII cent... More

Murom, Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Resurrection Monastery

Murom, Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Resurre...

Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Resurrection Monastery. Murom is one of the oldest cities in Russia. In the 9th century CE, Murom was the easternmost settlement of the East Slavs in the... More

Temple of Kozma and Demian, Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

Temple of Kozma and Demian, Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

Ancient Temple of Kozma and Demian. Murom is one of the oldest cities in Russia. In the 9th century CE, Murom was the easternmost settlement of the East Slavs in the land of the Finno-Ugric people called Murom... More

Solovetsky Monastery - Solovki Monastery. Channel.

Solovetsky Monastery - Solovki Monastery. Channel.

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Monastery. Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Monastery. Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Neighborhoods of Pinega. Krasnogorsk Bogoroditsky Monastery.

Neighborhoods of Pinega. Krasnogorsk Bogoroditsky Monastery.

Neighborhoods of Pinega. Krasnogorsk Bogoroditsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol di... More

Monastic buildings, including the St. Nicholas Church. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

Monastic buildings, including the St. Nicholas Church. Sura on the Sur...

A complex of monastic buildings, including the St. Nicholas Church. One of the oldest settlements on Pinega. Mentioned in the Novgorod document of 1471 as "Sura filthy." The village was part of the Kevrol, Pin... More

Transfiguration Cathedral, Russian Empire, 19th century

Transfiguration Cathedral, Russian Empire, 19th century

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings Спасо-Преображенский Собор, окрестности Холмогор

Trinity Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery - Alexandrov

Trinity Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery - Alexandrov

Trinity Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery Троицкий собор в Успенском монастыре

Vladimir - Dmitrievsky Cathedral. color

Vladimir - Dmitrievsky Cathedral. color

Dmitrievsky Cathedral was built in 1191 at the time of the highest power and flourishing of the great Vladimir principality by the Grand Duke Vladimir of Vsevolod Yurievich the Big Nest in honor of his heavenly... More

Golden Gate, Vladimir, Central Russia

Golden Gate, Vladimir, Central Russia

The Golden Gate was built by the Vladimir princely masters in 1164. During the time of Andrei Bogolyubsky, the city was surrounded by an extended shaft and had seven entrance gates (Golden, Copper, Irininy, Sil... More

Vladimir, the Nativity Monastery view in summer

Vladimir, the Nativity Monastery view in summer

Vladimir, the Nativity Monastery. Владимир, Рождественский монастырь.

Vladimir. Cathedral., Russian Empire, 19th century

Vladimir. Cathedral., Russian Empire, 19th century

Vladimir. Cathedral Square. Cathedral. Владимир. Соборная площадь. Кафедральный собор. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Russia, Russian architecture, free to use, no copyright rest... More

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin - a female Orthodox monastery in the village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir region, occupies the territory of the palace-castle of Andrei Bogolyubsky - the only civ... More

Iconoclast - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Iconoclast - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin -  Bogolyubovo village

Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin - Bogolyubovo village

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Ivanovo - Derbenevsky Bridge, Orthodox church of the Assumption

Ivanovo - Derbenevsky Bridge, Orthodox church of the Assumption

Derbenevsky Bridge, Orthodox church of the Assumption Ivanovo originated in the XV century. By 1579 the Pokrovsky Monastery was founded. The first written mention is found in 1608 in the books of the Trinity-S... More

The Tsar Bell Tower. Solovetsky Monastery

The Tsar Bell Tower. Solovetsky Monastery

The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. Царская колокольня. Соловецкий монастырь Соловецкий монастырь. Архангельская губерния, Россия. Фотографии Прокудина Г... More

Monastery view. Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

Monastery view. Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

Murom is one of the oldest cities in Russia. In the 9th century CE, Murom was the easternmost settlement of the East Slavs in the land of the Finno-Ugric people called Muromians and mentioned as early as 862. ... More

Meeting of Emperor Nicholas II at the pier of the Ipatiev Monastery. Bread and salt from parish elders. The magazine "Niva".

Meeting of Emperor Nicholas II at the pier of the Ipatiev Monastery. B...

After Their Majesties descended from the steamboat "Mezhen" and were met at the pier "Tsar's Headquarters" by local authorities, on the bank their was welcomed by a deputation of peasants of the local Shungen ... More

The royal family descends the steps of the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery. Kostroma.

The royal family descends the steps of the Trinity Cathedral of the Ip...

On May 19, 1913, the Divine Liturgy was served at the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery in the presence of the Royal Family. The rank of the Divine Liturgy was performed by the Archbishop of Kostroma a... More

Sergeyevo-Troitsky Lavra. Alexander III. Coronation, May 15 (27), 1883

Sergeyevo-Troitsky Lavra. Alexander III. Coronation, May 15 (27), 1883

Встреча в Сергеево-Троицкой Лавре. Александр III. Коронация, 15(27) мая 1883 года

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Visit to the Emperor Nicholas II of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. May 22, 1896 - Посещение императором Николаем II Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. 22 мая 1896 г

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Visit to the Emperor Nicholas II of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. May 22, 1896 - Посещение императором Николаем II Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. 22 мая 1896 г

Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery, Russian Empire, 19th century

Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery, Russian Empire, 19th century

Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery Николо-Корельский монастырь

Verkolsky Monastery, Arkhangelsk province, Russia

Verkolsky Monastery, Arkhangelsk province, Russia

Vercolsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol district and part of the Dvinsky county, th... More

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery. Окрестности Холмогор. Свято-Троицкий Антониево-Сийский мужской монастырь.

Alexandrov, The bell tower of the monastery.

Alexandrov, The bell tower of the monastery.

Pokrovsky Cathedral in the Assumption Monastery. Alexandrov has been known since the middle of the 14th century. Since 15th century a place of rest for the Moscow princes. In 1509-1515 a large complex of the pr... More

Postcard. Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral.

Postcard. Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral.

Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral. Владимир, Успенский Собор. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Russia, Russian architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More

Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin -  Bogolyubovo, Vladimir

Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin - Bogolyubovo, Vladimir

Vladimir - Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vsesvyatskaya street, Ivanovo - Textile Center of Russian Empire

Vsesvyatskaya street, Ivanovo - Textile Center of Russian Empire

Vsesvyatskaya street Ivanovo originated in the XV century. By 1579 the Pokrovsky Monastery was founded. The first written mention is found in 1608 in the books of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. During the Time of ... More

Ivanovo, Lower Marketplace - Textile Center of Russian Empire

Ivanovo, Lower Marketplace - Textile Center of Russian Empire

Lower Bazaar Ivanovo originated in the XV century. By 1579 the Pokrovsky Monastery was founded. The first written mention is found in 1608 in the books of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. During the Time of Troubles... More

The Annunciation Monastery - Kirzhach, Russia

The Annunciation Monastery - Kirzhach, Russia

The Annunciation Monastery Kirzhach first mentioned in 1332 in the spiritual literacy of Ivan Kalita as a settlement with the St. Sergius of Radonezh Annunciation founded in 1358, the blossoming period of whic... More

Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia

Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia

The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. Соловецкий монастырь. Архангельская губерния, Россия. Фотографии Прокудина Горского. 1916.

Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky Monastery.

Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky Monastery.

Shade over the grave of Hieromonk Abraham (Palitsyn) and the grave of Peter Kalnishevsky at the wall of the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Solovetsky Monastery. The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Provinc... More

View from the Mount Sekirnaya on Savvatiy Skit (Hermitage) of Solovetsky Monastery

View from the Mount Sekirnaya on Savvatiy Skit (Hermitage) of Solovets...

View from the Mount Sekirnaya on Savvatiy Skit (Hermitage) of Solovetsky Monastery Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. Вид с Секирной горы на Савватиевский скит Соловецкого монастыря Ар... More

The steamer "Mezhen" is approaching the Ipatiev Monastery.

The steamer "Mezhen" is approaching the Ipatiev Monastery.

In celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the royal family traveled along the Volga. The path ran from Nizhny Novgorod to Kostroma and further up to Yaroslavl. For this, a special squadro... More

View of the Ipatiev Monastery. The beginning of the XX-th century.

View of the Ipatiev Monastery. The beginning of the XX-th century.

Not far from the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma rivers is located one of the most ancient monasteries in Russia - the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery. The territory of the monastery consists of two parts: ... More

TOKMAKOV(1897) p017 - Public domain portrait engraving

TOKMAKOV(1897) p017 - Public domain portrait engraving

Michael I of Russia in portrait Public domain photograph of a portrait, illustration, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TOKMAKOV(1897) p102 - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

TOKMAKOV(1897) p102 - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

Public domain photograph related to Russian history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Solovetsky courtyard, Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Solovetsky courtyard, Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

The Solovetsky Monastery Holy Gates

The Solovetsky Monastery Holy Gates

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Churches of Verkolsky Monastery, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Churches of Verkolsky Monastery, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Vercolsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol district and part of the Dvinsky county, th... More

Alexandrov: view from the Holy Gate of the monastery.

Alexandrov: view from the Holy Gate of the monastery.

Alexandrov: view from the Holy Gate of the monastery. Alexandrov has been known since the middle of the 14th century. Since 15th century a place of rest for the Moscow princes. In 1509-1515 a large complex of t... More

Own belongings of Princess Margarita. Uspensky Monastery, Alexandrov

Own belongings of Princess Margarita. Uspensky Monastery, Alexandrov

Own belongings of Princess Margarita. Uspensky Monastery Собственные вещи царевны Маргариты. Успенский монастырь

Vladimir. View from the eastern part of the city to the Nativity Monastery. 1876 - 1881

Vladimir. View from the eastern part of the city to the Nativity Monas...

View from the eastern part of the city to the Nativity Monastery. 1876 - 1881 Вид с восточной части города на Рождественский монастырь. 1876 - 1881

Vladimir, Uspensky Knyaginin nunnery.

Vladimir, Uspensky Knyaginin nunnery.

Vladimir, Uspensky Knyaginin nunnery. Владимир, Успенский Княгинин девичий монастырь.

Vladimir - Bogolyubovsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Vladimir - Bogolyubovsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin - a female Orthodox monastery in the village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir region, occupies the territory of the palace-castle of Andrei Bogolyubsky - the only civ... More

The Annunciation Monastery - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

The Annunciation Monastery - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

The Annunciation Monastery Vyazniki history starts from the ancient city-fortress Yaropolch-Zalessky, founded by Prince Yaropolk Vladimirovich in 1135-1138. The city was burnt in 1239 by the troops of Batu and... More

View of the Solovetsky Monastery from the hotel.

View of the Solovetsky Monastery from the hotel.

The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. Вид на Соловецкий монастырь из гостиницы. Соловецкий монастырь. Архангельская губерния, Россия. Фотографии Прокудина Г... More

At the Archangel's Gate of the Solovki Monastery

At the Archangel's Gate of the Solovki Monastery

The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. У Архангельских ворот Соловецкого монастыря Соловецкий монастырь. Архангельская губерния, Россия. Фотографии Прокудин... More

Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia.

Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia.

The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. Соловецкий монастырь. Архангельская губерния, Россия. Фотографии Прокудина Горского. 1916.

The Prison Castle and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows Soothe my sorrows. Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

The Prison Castle and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows So...

The Prison Castle and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows Soothe my sorrows. 1913. Murom is one of the oldest cities in Russia. In the 9th century CE, Murom was the easternmost settlement of the East... More

View of the Ipatiev Monastery from the Kostroma River.

View of the Ipatiev Monastery from the Kostroma River.

Not far from the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma rivers is located one of the most ancient monasteries in Russia - the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery. The territory of the monastery consists of two parts: ... More

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Visit to the Emperor Nicholas II of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. May 22, 1896 - Посещение императором Николаем II Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. 22 мая 1896 г

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Nicholas II visit to Troitse-Sergievskaya Lavra. May 22, 1896

Visit to the Emperor Nicholas II of the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. May 22, 1896 - Посещение императором Николаем II Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. 22 мая 1896 г

Illuminations of Count Nostitz. Album.

Illuminations of Count Nostitz. Album.

Foros Church near Baidar Gate, built by A.G. Kuznetsov. Церковь Фороса у Байдарских ворот, построенная А.Г. Кузнецовым.

Arkhangelsk in 1917. Albert Thomas travel to Russia.

Arkhangelsk in 1917. Albert Thomas travel to Russia.

Socialist Albert Thomas was WWI ardent supporter, standing on social-chauvinist position. After the 1917 February Revolution, he traveled to Russia, where he negotiated with the Provisional Government and the P... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Ioanno-Theological Sursky women's monastery. On the right is the Assumption Cathedral. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

Ioanno-Theological Sursky women's monastery. On the right is the Assum...

Ioanno-Theological Sursky women's monastery. On the right is the Assumption Cathedral. One of the oldest settlements on Pinega. Mentioned in the Novgorod document of 1471 as "Sura filthy." The village was part... More

Icon Kholomogory surroundings, public domain photograph

Icon Kholomogory surroundings, public domain photograph

Kholmogory was first mentioned in the charter charter of the Novgorod prince Svyatoslav Olgovich 1138 as the Novgorod "Ivani-Pogost". The name of Kholmogory (originally Kolmogory, Kolmogorsky town) is containe... More

Church of the Presentation of the Lord

Church of the Presentation of the Lord

Church of the Presentation of the Lord Many historians identify Shenkursk with Chudin, a place to collect taxes in the charter of the Novgorod prince Svyatoslav Olgovich from 1137. In 1315, the Shenkur graveya... More

Holy Trinity Convent in Shenkursk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vaga River.

Holy Trinity Convent in Shenkursk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located...

Many historians identify Shenkursk with Chudin, a place to collect taxes in the charter of the Novgorod prince Svyatoslav Olgovich from 1137. In 1315, the Shenkur graveyard was bought by the Novgorod posadnik S... More

Golden Gate, Vladimir, Russian Empire

Golden Gate, Vladimir, Russian Empire

The Golden Gate was built by the Vladimir princely masters in 1164. During the time of Andrei Bogolyubsky, the city was surrounded by an extended shaft and had seven entrance gates (Golden, Copper, Irininy, Sil... More

Bogolyubovsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin. Vladimir

Bogolyubovsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin. Vladimir

Bogolyubsky Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin - a female Orthodox monastery in the village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir region, occupies the territory of the palace-castle of Andrei Bogolyubsky - the only civ... More

Vladimir, Knyaginin monastery.

Vladimir, Knyaginin monastery.

Knyaginin monastery. Княгинин монастырь. Public domain photograph related to the history of Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ivanovo - Ascension Church, Russian Empire, 19th century

Ivanovo - Ascension Church, Russian Empire, 19th century

Ascension Church Ivanovo originated in the XV century. By 1579 the Pokrovsky Monastery was founded. The first written mention is found in 1608 in the books of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. During the Time of Trou... More

Solovetsky Monastery., Russian Empire

Solovetsky Monastery., Russian Empire

The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. Соловецкий монастырь. Архангельская губерния, Россия. Фотографии Прокудина Горского. 1916.

The Korozhnaya Tower of the Solovetsky Monastery and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows Soothe my sorrows.

The Korozhnaya Tower of the Solovetsky Monastery and the Church of the...

The Korozhnaya Tower of the Solovetsky Monastery and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Sorrows Soothe my sorrows. The Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. ... More

Murom, Nikolo - Zaryadskaya church.

Murom, Nikolo - Zaryadskaya church.

Murom is one of the oldest cities in Russia. In the 9th century CE, Murom was the easternmost settlement of the East Slavs in the land of the Finno-Ugric people called Muromians and mentioned as early as 862. ... More

"Green Tower" Ipatiev Monastery. Kostroma.

"Green Tower" Ipatiev Monastery. Kostroma.

By the decree of the first Russian tsar from the Romanov dynasty, Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov, the "New city" was built along the western wall of the Ipatiev monastery, the so-called "Old Town". The new territor... More

Exit of the Royal family from the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery.

Exit of the Royal family from the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Mon...

On May 19, 1913, the Divine Liturgy was served at the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery in the presence of the Royal Family. The rank of the Divine Liturgy was performed by the Archbishop of Kostroma a... More

Solovetsky Monastery - Solovki Monastery. Bridge.

Solovetsky Monastery - Solovki Monastery. Bridge.

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Solovetsky Monastery Hotel - Solovki Monastery.

Solovetsky Monastery Hotel - Solovki Monastery.

Arkhangelsk (Russian: Арха́нгельск, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea. The city spreads for over 40 kilometers (... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

Jan Soberg photography - The Solovetsky Monastery.

December 1907, the peasant of the Estland province, Jan Soberg, opened a photographic institution in Arkhangelsk. In 1909, the Photographic Society began to work in Arkhangelsk, and Jan Soberg became a member. ... More

Verkolsky Monastery, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Verkolsky Monastery, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Vercolsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol district and part of the Dvinsky county, th... More

View of Verkolsky Monastery from the river, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region

View of Verkolsky Monastery from the river, Pinega, Arkhangelsk region

Vercolsky Monastery. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in 1780, on the site of the abolished Kevrol district and part of the Dvinsky county, th... More

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery

View of the Anthony-Siya Monastery. Kholmogory was first mentioned in the charter charter of the Novgorod prince Svyatoslav Olgovich 1138 as the Novgorod "Ivani-Pogost". The name of Kholmogory (originally Kol... More