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
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
Ascension Church, Ivanovo, 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
Vladimir - Dmitrievsky Cathedral postcard
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
Icon Kholomogory, 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
Kiy Island, Onega, Arkhangelsk province, Russia, White Sea.
The river Onega before the appearance of Arkhangelsk was the main driver of the Russian North when the owner of the White Sea was the Solovetsky Monastery, to which it served as the shortest route. The estuary ... More
"Green Tower" Ipatiev monastery with two angle towers.
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