Month: July 2012
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The interior of St. Sophia.
The interior of St. Sophia. Culture of Kievan Rus.
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The tomb of Yaroslav the Wise in St. Sophia.
The tomb of Yaroslav the Wise in St. Sophia. Engraving of the XIX century.
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Yaroslav’s Court in Novgorod.
Yaroslav’s Court in Novgorod. XII century.
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Golden Gate in Kiev.
Golden Gate in Kiev, built in Yaroslavl the Wise. XI century. Layout-reconstruction.
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Virgin Orans.
Virgin Orans. Mosaic in the apse of St. Sophia.
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Demetrius Cathedral in Vladimir
Demetrius Cathedral in Vladimir. 1194-1197 years.
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Thumbnail Ostromir of the gospel.
Thumbnail Ostromir of the gospel. 1056-1057 years.
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Bogatyri.
Bogatyri.Hudozhnik Vasnetsov. 1898
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Princess Olga talks with the Byzantine emperor.
Princess Olga talks with the Byzantine emperor. Thumbnail of “The Chronicles” Kedrin-Skylitzes.
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Writing about the death of “king” of Yaroslav the Wise.
Writing about the death of “king” of Yaroslav the Wise. On the wall of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev ..
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Yaroslav the Wise.
Yaroslav the Wise. Reconstruction Gerasimov
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Head of St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Head of St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod. 1045-1050 years.
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Nestor the Chronicler
Nestor the Chronicler. Sculptor M.Antokolsky. 1890
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Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. Beginning construction in 1037
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The Baptism of Russia.
Thumbnails of the Radziwill Chronicle. The end of the XV century.
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Vladimir overthrew Perun.
Thumbnail of the Radziwill Chronicle. The end of the XV century.
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Ruins of the Church of the Tithes.
Church of the Tithes. (Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Kiev. The first stone church in Kievan Rus.
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Vladimir. Coin.
Vladimir. Coin. Zlatnik Vladimir Svyatoslav with his image.
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Saints Boris and Gleb.
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The legendary series of Rurik: Rurik, Igor, Svyatoslav
Fresco. Granova Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. 1882
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St. Vladimir.
St. Vladimir. Engraving by the end of the XIX century.
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Overseas visitors
Artist Nicholas Roerich. 1901
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Zlatnik Prince Vladimir Svyatoslav
X century. (enlarged)
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Kiev silver torque. XI century
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Polyudye
Artist K. Lebedev. 1903
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Cross lapel
Cross lapel. The Georgian enamel. VIII – IX centuries.
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Gospel
V-VI centuries. Mr. Oe. Matenadaran. Armenia
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Petrified manuscript
VI-X centuries. BC Matenadaran. Armenia.
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Wild boar.
Golden Scythian sculpture. The IV. BC Dnepropetrovsk region.
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Golden Scythian pectoral. Breast ornament.
Fragment. The IV. BC Dnepropetrovsk region.
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Rodoguna
The sculpture in marble. Old Nisa. The II. BC
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Bear
Effigy of the burial ground near Tomsk VI-V millennium BC
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Petroglyph (rock drawings).
Petroglyph (rock drawings). The territory of Russia