The interior of St. Sophia.
The interior of St. Sophia. Culture of Kievan Rus.
The tomb of Yaroslav the Wise in St. Sophia.
The tomb of Yaroslav the Wise in St. Sophia. Engraving of the XIX century.
Yaroslav’s Court in Novgorod.
Yaroslav’s Court in Novgorod. XII century.
Golden Gate in Kiev.
Golden Gate in Kiev, built in Yaroslavl the Wise. XI century. Layout-reconstruction.
Virgin Orans.
Virgin Orans. Mosaic in the apse of St. Sophia.
Demetrius Cathedral in Vladimir
Demetrius Cathedral in Vladimir. 1194-1197 years.
George. Icon.
George. Icon. The beginning of the XII century.
Thumbnail Ostromir of the gospel.
Thumbnail Ostromir of the gospel. 1056-1057 years.
Bogatyri.
Bogatyri.Hudozhnik Vasnetsov. 1898
Princess Olga talks with the Byzantine emperor.
Princess Olga talks with the Byzantine emperor. Thumbnail of “The Chronicles” Kedrin-Skylitzes.
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 ..
Yaroslav the Wise.
Yaroslav the Wise. Reconstruction Gerasimov
Head of St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Head of St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod. 1045-1050 years.
Birch-bark scroll “of a Zhiznomira Mikula,”
Birch-bark scroll “of a Zhiznomira Mikula,” tells the story of the trial. The beginning of the XII century.
Nestor the Chronicler
Nestor the Chronicler. Sculptor M.Antokolsky. 1890
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. Beginning construction in 1037
The Baptism of Russia.
Thumbnails of the Radziwill Chronicle. The end of the XV century.
Vladimir overthrew Perun.
Thumbnail of the Radziwill Chronicle. The end of the XV century.
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.
Vladimir. Coin.
Vladimir. Coin. Zlatnik Vladimir Svyatoslav with his image.
The legendary series of Rurik: Rurik, Igor, Svyatoslav
Fresco. Granova Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. 1882
St. Vladimir.
St. Vladimir. Engraving by the end of the XIX century.
Overseas visitors
Artist Nicholas Roerich. 1901
Zlatnik Prince Vladimir Svyatoslav
X century. (enlarged)
Polyudye
Artist K. Lebedev. 1903
Cross lapel
Cross lapel. The Georgian enamel. VIII – IX centuries.
Gospel
V-VI centuries. Mr. Oe. Matenadaran. Armenia
Petrified manuscript
VI-X centuries. BC Matenadaran. Armenia.
Kuishnsky Prince
The sculpture of painted clay. 1st century AD Uzbekistan.
Wild boar.
Golden Scythian sculpture. The IV. BC Dnepropetrovsk region.
Golden Scythian pectoral. Breast ornament.
Fragment. The IV. BC Dnepropetrovsk region.
Rodoguna
The sculpture in marble. Old Nisa. The II. BC
Bear
Effigy of the burial ground near Tomsk VI-V millennium BC
Petroglyph (rock drawings).
Petroglyph (rock drawings). The territory of Russia