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Odessa, Brewery Pavillion. 1900-1914

Odessa, Brewery Pavillion. 1900-1914

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Kremlin, Moscow in 1917. Albert Thomas travel to Russia.

Kremlin, Moscow 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

Cathedral of  Mikhail Arkhangel - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Cathedral of Mikhail Arkhangel - 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

Church in Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Church in 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

Kondostrov. Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker of Miracle. 1908

Kondostrov. Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker of M...

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

Cathedral of the Epiphany - Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

Cathedral of the Epiphany - Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

Cathedral of the Epiphany 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 her... More

St. Trinity Cathedral, Onega, Arkhangelsk region

St. Trinity Cathedral, Onega, Arkhangelsk region

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

Kiy Island Cathedral of the Exultation, Onega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia, White Sea.

Kiy Island Cathedral of the Exultation, Onega, Arkhangelsk region, Rus...

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

Sunday, Onega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia, White Sea.

Sunday, Onega, Arkhangelsk region, 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

Neighborhoods of Onega. Chekuevo. Church of the Transfiguration

Neighborhoods of Onega. Chekuevo. Church of the Transfiguration

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

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

Shenkursk wooden church, Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk wooden church, Russian Empire, 19th century

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

Persian mosque in Astrakhan. 1894.

Persian mosque in Astrakhan. 1894.

Astrakhan is a city on the Volga River in southern Russia. It's known for the Astrakhan Kremlin, an expansive fortress built in the 1500s. Its values are home to several Russian Orthodox churches, including the... More

Vladimir, Uspensky Knyaginin nunnery.

Vladimir, Uspensky Knyaginin nunnery.

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

Newly planted trees. Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral.

Newly planted trees. Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral.

Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral. Владимир, Успенский Собор.

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

Outskirts of Vladimir. The estate of Karpov "Sushnevo". Church of the Bogolyubov Mother of God at the station Boldino.

Outskirts of Vladimir. The estate of Karpov "Sushnevo". Church of the ...

Outskirts of Vladimir. The estate of Karpov "Sushnevo". Church of the Bogolyubov Mother of God at the station Boldino. Окрестности Владимира. Имение Карпова «Сушнево». Церковь Боголюбовской Богоматери при стан... 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 Brest-Litovsk during WWI

View of Brest-Litovsk during WWI

On August 4th, 2015, Warsaw, the capital of Russian Poland, surrendered to Germans without a fight. Fortresses at Kovno and Brest-Litovsk, among several others, capitulated. By September 18th when the fortress ... More

Church in Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Church in 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

Arkhangelsk mosque (Archangel), Russian Empire, 19th century

Arkhangelsk mosque (Archangel), 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

Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker of Miracle. 1908

Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker of Miracle. 1908

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

Wooden Church of St. Nicholas, 17th century. The village of Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

Wooden Church of St. Nicholas, 17th century. The village of Sura on th...

Church of St. Nicholas, 17th century. One of the oldest settlements on Pinega. Mentioned in the Novgorod document of 1471 as "Sura filthy." The village was part of the Kevrol, Pinega and Arkhangelsk districts. ... More

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings Спасо-Преображенский Собор, окрестности Холмогор Public domain photograph of church, Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shenkursk surroundings., Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk surroundings., Russian Empire, 19th century

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

Church in Astrakhan, South Russia city on Volga River

Church in Astrakhan, South Russia city on Volga River

Astrakhan is a city on the Volga River in southern Russia. It's known for the Astrakhan Kremlin, an expansive fortress built in the 1500s. Its values are home to several Russian Orthodox churches, including the... More

Alexandrovsky Uspensky Convent. Church of the Assumption. Alexandrov

Alexandrovsky Uspensky Convent. Church of the Assumption. Alexandrov

Alexandrovsky Uspensky Convent. Church of the Assumption. 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 ... 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: Kutkin Lane. The Catholic Church of the Rosary of Our Lady. 1909-1917

Vladimir: Kutkin Lane. The Catholic Church of the Rosary of Our Lady. ...

Kutkin Lane. The Catholic Church of the Rosary of Our Lady. 1909-1917 Куткин переулок. Католический костел Розария Божьей Матери. 1909-1917

The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, 1160

The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, 1160

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

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

Vozdvizhenskaya Church - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

Vozdvizhenskaya Church - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

Vozdvizhenskaya Church 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 Sub... More

Ivanovo - Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Ivanovo - Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God 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 L... 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

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

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.

Chapel of St. Savvatiy in Savvatiyevsky skit (hermitage) of Solovetsky Monastery

Chapel of St. Savvatiy in Savvatiyevsky skit (hermitage) of Solovetsky...

Chapel of St. Savvatiy in Savvatiyevsky skit (hermitage) of Solovetsky Monastery. Arkhangelsk Province, Russia. Photos of Prokudin Gorsky. 1916. Часовня преп. Савватия в Савватиевском ските Соловецкого монас... More

The Korozhnaya Tower of the Solovetsky Monastery

The Korozhnaya Tower of the Solovetsky Monastery

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, Nativity of the Mother of God Cathedral

Murom, Nativity of the Mother of God Cathedral

Nativity of the Mother of God Cathedral. 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 ... More

Cathedral. Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1896

Cathedral. Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feo...

Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1896 - Коронация императора Николая II и императрицы Александры Феодоровны, 1896

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

White Sea. Kondostrov. Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker of Miracle. 1908

White Sea. Kondostrov. Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-...

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

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

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. - Mezen, Arkhangelsk Gub...

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

Pomor gathering. Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

Pomor gathering. Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

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

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

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. The church of St. Elijah.

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. The church of St. Elijah.

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. The church of St. Elijah. Kholmogory was first mentioned in the charter charter of the Novgorod prince Svyatoslav Olgovich 1138 as the Novgorod "Ivani-Pogost". The nam... More

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. The church of St. Elijah.

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. The church of St. Elijah.

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

Vladimir - Bogoroditskaya church in the seminary.

Vladimir - Bogoroditskaya church in the seminary.

Bogoroditskaya church in the seminary. Богородицкая церковь в семинарии. Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Russia, Russian architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions imag... More

Vladimir - The Resurrection Church. 1891-1892

Vladimir - The Resurrection Church. 1891-1892

The Resurrection Church. 1891-1892 Воскресенская церковь. 1891-1892

Vladimirб Vladimir, the Theological Seminary

Vladimirб Vladimir, the Theological Seminary

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vladimir, The Cathedral and the Chapel of Sts. Vladimir

Vladimir, The Cathedral and the Chapel of Sts. Vladimir

The Cathedral and the Chapel of Sts. Vladimir

Vladimir. View of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin before resumption.

Vladimir. View of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin bef...

Vladimir. View of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin before resumption. Владимир. Вид церкви Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы до возобновления.

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

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

Murom, Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Murom, Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. 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 c... 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

Illuminations of Count Nostitz. Album.

Illuminations of Count Nostitz. Album.

Церковь Рождества (Путинки) в Москве. Church of the Nativity (Putinki) in Moscow.

Brest Litovsk during WWI during World War I

Brest Litovsk during WWI during World War I

On August 4th, 2015, Warsaw, the capital of Russian Poland, surrendered to Germans without a fight. Fortresses at Kovno and Brest-Litovsk, among several others, capitulated. By September 18th when the fortress ... 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

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

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Holy Trinity Antonievo-Sii Monastery

Surroundings of Kholmogory. View of the Antonievo-Sii Monastery Окрестности Холмогор. Вид Антониево-Сийского монастыря.

Shenkursk wooden church next to the chathedral

Shenkursk wooden church next to the chathedral

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

Free children library, Astrakhan

Free children library, Astrakhan

Astrakhan is a city on the Volga River in southern Russia. It's known for the Astrakhan Kremlin, an expansive fortress built in the 1500s. Its values are home to several Russian Orthodox churches, including the... 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

Vladimir, Golden Gate from the roof

Vladimir, Golden Gate from the roof

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 Nikolo-Galeyskaya Church.

Vladimir, The Nikolo-Galeyskaya Church.

Vladimir, The Nikolo-Galeyskaya Church. Владимир, Николо-Галейская церковь.

Vladimir, view of the Assumption Cathedral.

Vladimir, view of 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

Assumption Cathedral., Russian Empire, 19th century

Assumption Cathedral., Russian Empire, 19th century

Vladimir, the Assumption Cathedral. Владимир, Успенский Собор.

Vladimir, the postcard with Assumption Cathedral.

Vladimir, the postcard with 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

Bogolyubsky Monastery - Vladimir.

Bogolyubsky Monastery - 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 - Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

Vladimir - 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

Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia - central part

Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia - central part

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 Subedey. The new city was b... More

Ivanovo - St. George Square and the Church of the Nativity of Christ

Ivanovo - St. George Square and the Church of the Nativity of Christ

St. George Square and the Church of the Nativity of Christ 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 Trin... More

Ivanovo - Ancient cemetery church

Ivanovo - Ancient cemetery church

Ancient cemetery 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 ... 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

Ivanovo - The Church of the Savior

Ivanovo - The Church of the Savior

The Church of the Savior 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... More

Murom, Church of St. George., Russian Empire

Murom, Church of St. George., Russian Empire

Church of St. George. 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 menti... More

Uspenskiy Cathedral. Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1896

Uspenskiy Cathedral. Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Ale...

Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1896 - Коронация императора Николая II и императрицы Александры Феодоровны, 1896

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

Foreign soldier. Arkhangelsk during revolution and civil war 1918-1919

Foreign soldier. Arkhangelsk during revolution and civil war 1918-1919

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

Cathedral of the Exultation, Onega, Arkhangelsk province, White Sea.

Cathedral of the Exultation, Onega, Arkhangelsk province, 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

Neighborhoods of Pinega. The village of Pirinem, St. George's Church in 1717 and the bell tower of 1750

Neighborhoods of Pinega. The village of Pirinem, St. George's Church i...

Neighborhoods of Pinega. The village of Pirinem, St. George's Church in 1717 and the bell tower of 1750. Pinega is one of the oldest settlements in the Arkhangelsk region. By decree of Empress Catherine II in ... More

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. Church of St. Basil the Blessed

Surroundings of Kholmogory. Chukhcherma. Church of St. Basil the Bless...

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

Chukhcherma. Church of St. Basil the Blessed

Chukhcherma. Church of St. Basil the Blessed

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

Transfiguration Cathedral, Russian Empire, 19th century

Transfiguration Cathedral, Russian Empire, 19th century

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings Спасо-Преображенский Собор, окрестности Холмогор

Holy Trinity Convent, Shenkursk

Holy Trinity Convent, Shenkursk

Holy Trinity Convent 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 t... More

Shenkursk - Holy Trinity Convent

Shenkursk - Holy Trinity Convent

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

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

Dmitrievsky Cathedral, Vladimir

Dmitrievsky Cathedral, Vladimir

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, Sergievskaya church.

Vladimir, Sergievskaya church.

Sergievskaya church. 1890 Сергиевская церковь. 1890 Public domain photograph of church, Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Murom, Ascension Church. View from the south. 1890 - 1900.

Murom, Ascension Church. View from the south. 1890 - 1900.

Ascension Church. View from the south. 1890 - 1900. 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 peo... More

St. Michael's Chapel. 1910's. Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

St. Michael's Chapel. 1910's. Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

St. Michael's Chapel. 1910's. 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 a... More

Nuns at the walls of the Trinity Cathedral. Murom, Vladimir Province, Russia

Nuns at the walls of the Trinity Cathedral. Murom, Vladimir Province, ...

Nuns at the walls of the Trinity Cathedral. 1900s 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 peopl... More

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