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The cruiser Vladimir Monomakh. Chapel. Nicolas II Asia Tour

The cruiser Vladimir Monomakh. Chapel. Nicolas II Asia Tour

Frigate "Vladimir Monomakh". The ship's church. Фрегат «Владимир Мономах». Судовая церковь.

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

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

The Resurrection Church in Kevrol.

The Resurrection Church in Kevrol.

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, the Pinega county of th... More

A large bell and small bells of a new church. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

A large bell and small bells of a new church. Sura on the Sura River. ...

A large bell and small bells of a new church. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891. One of the oldest settlements on Pinega. Mentioned in the Novgorod document of 1471 as "Sura filthy." The village wa... More

Kholmogory, portrait - Public domain portrait photograph

Kholmogory, portrait - Public domain portrait 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

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

Altar of the Orthodox Church of Belovezhskaya Pushcha.

Altar of the Orthodox Church of Belovezhskaya Pushcha.

View of the altar of the Orthodox Church of Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Вид алтаря православной Беловежской церкви.

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

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. 1887 - Mezen of Arkha...

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

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

Cathedral, 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

Cathedral of the Exultation, Onega, Arkhangelsk Province

Cathedral of the Exultation, Onega, Arkhangelsk Province

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

Vercolsky Monastery, Residents of Pinega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Vercolsky Monastery, Residents of 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

A large bell and small bells of a new church. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

A large bell and small bells of a new church. Sura on the Sura River. ...

A large bell and small bells of a new church. 1891 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 Arkhangel... More

The church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

The church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Sura on the Sura River. Arc...

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. the birthplace of John of Kronstadt: R... More

Icon Kholomogory, public domain photograph

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

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. The Epiphany Cathedral in the village of Emetskoye

Surroundings of Kholmogory. The Epiphany Cathedral in the village of E...

Surroundings of Kholmogory. The Epiphany Cathedral in the village of Emetskoye Окрестности Холмогор. Богоявленский Собор в селе Емецкое

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

Shenkursk Church, Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk 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

Shenkursk in Arkhangelsk Gubernia, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vaga River.

Shenkursk in Arkhangelsk Gubernia, Russia, located on the right bank o...

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

Icon Kholomogory, public domain photograph

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

Monastery in Shenkursk, Russian Empire, 19th century

Monastery in Shenkursk, 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

Shenkursk wooden church view, Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk wooden church view, 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

Illuminations of Count Nostitz. Album.

Illuminations of Count Nostitz. Album.

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

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

New church of St. Nicholas, 19th century. The village of Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

New church of St. Nicholas, 19th century. The village of Sura on the S...

New church of St. Nicholas, 19th 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 distri... More

New church interior -  village of Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

New church interior - village of Sura on the Sura River. Archangel re...

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. the birthplace of John of Kronstadt: R... More

Icon Kholomogory, public domain photograph

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

Arkhangelsk  Cathedral. Kholmogory

Arkhangelsk Cathedral. Kholmogory

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

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

 Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings

Transfiguration Cathedral Kholmogory Surroundings Спасо-Преображенский Собор, окрестности Холмогор

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.

Kholomogory, Transfiguration Cathedral gates.

Kholomogory, Transfiguration Cathedral gates.

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

Shenkursk wooden church detail, Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk wooden church detail, 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

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

Astrakhan, Church of St.Nicholas (drawing room), bookmark of the Brotherly Garden

Astrakhan, Church of St.Nicholas (drawing room), bookmark of the Broth...

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

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

Church of St. Nicholas, Belovezh

Church of St. Nicholas, Belovezh

Church of St. Nicholas. Belovezh. Церковь св. Николая. Беловеж.

Catholic Church - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Catholic Church - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Catholic Church Католическая церковь Public domain photograph of a historical landmark building in Russia, Russian architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Church, and Cathedral of the Epiphany - Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Church, and Cathedral of the Epiphany -...

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin and Cathedral of the Epiphany - Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia Mezen was founded in the 16th century on the site of Okladnikova (Bolshoy) settlement (Sokolnya Nova) ... More

View of Onega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia, White Sea.

View of 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

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

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

Church of St. Nicholas, 17th century. Sura on the Sura River. Archange...

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

New church of St. Nicholas, 19th century. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

New church of St. Nicholas, 19th century. Sura on the Sura River. Arch...

New church of St. Nicholas, 19th 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 distric... 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.

Shenkursk wooden church facade, Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk wooden church facade, 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

Astrakhan, Orthodox church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin

Astrakhan, Orthodox church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin

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

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.

Church of All Sorrowful Mother of God (Hospital) - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Church of All Sorrowful Mother of God (Hospital) - Arkhangelsk (Archan...

Church of All Sorrowful Mother of God (Hospital) Церковь Всех Скорбящей Божией Матери (Госпитальная)

English Consulate and Anglican Church - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

English Consulate and Anglican Church - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

English Consulate and Anglican Church Английское консульство и домовая англиканская церковь

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

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

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

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

Gathering, 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

Pinega and surrounding area, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Pinega and surrounding area, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

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, the Pinega county of th... More

Icon Kholmogory, surroundings, public domain photograph

Icon Kholmogory, surroundings, public domain photograph

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

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

Kholomogory surroundings - Public domain portrait photograph

Kholomogory surroundings - Public domain portrait 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

Icon Kholmogory, public domain photograph

Icon Kholmogory, 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

Chapel of the Resurrection of the All-Merciful. Kholmogory.

Chapel of the Resurrection of the All-Merciful. Kholmogory.

Chapel of the Resurrection of the All-Merciful. Kholmogory was first mentioned in the charter charter of the Novgorod prince Svyatoslav Olgovich 1138 as the Novgorod "Ivani-Pogost". The name of Kholmogory (ori... 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

Shenkursk Holy Trinity Convent, Russian Empire, 19th century

Shenkursk Holy Trinity Convent, Russian Empire, 19th century

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

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

Holy Trinity Convent Shenkursk, Russian Empire, 19th century

Holy Trinity Convent Shenkursk, 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

Cemetery church - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

Cemetery church - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

Cemetery 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 Subedey. T... More

Assumption cemetery church, Kirzhach, Russia

Assumption cemetery church, Kirzhach, Russia

Assumption cemetery church 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

Kazan street. Melenki, Vladimir Gubernia, Russia, in the Meshchera Lowlands on the banks of the Unzha River

Kazan street. Melenki, Vladimir Gubernia, Russia, in the Meshchera Low...

Kazanskaya street There is a legend that Melenki was founded in 1463 by settlers from Kostroma that was destroyed by Tatars. In 1778, the village of Melenki, when the Vladimir province was divided into countie... More

Pomor People gathering. Mezen of Arkhangelsk Gubernia

Pomor People 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 on Murmansk shore, Murman.

Church on Murmansk shore, Murman.

Murmansk shore, Murman. The Pomeranian coast is the shore of the Barents Sea from the Norwegian border to Cape St. Nose. Has several deep-cutting bays (Kola, Motovsky, and others), along the coast - a number of... 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

Pinega, Troitskaya street from south

Pinega, Troitskaya street from south

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, the Pinega county of th... 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

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

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

Icon Kholomogory, public domain photograph

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

Icon Kholomogory, public domain photograph

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

Icon Kholmogory surroundings, public domain photograph

Icon Kholmogory 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

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

Astrakhan, Church of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

Astrakhan, Church of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem

Church of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem 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 s... 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

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

Pinega and surrounding area, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Pinega and surrounding area, Arkhangelsk region, Russia

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, the Pinega county of th... More

Chapel of Martyr Paraskeva. The place where Father John was born. Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

Chapel of Martyr Paraskeva. The place where Father John was born. Sura...

Chapel of Martyr Paraskeva. The place where Father John was born. One of the oldest settlements on Pinega. Mentioned in the Novgorod document of 1471 as "Sura filthy." The village was part of the Kevrol, Pineg... More

Bridge. The village of Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

Bridge. The village of Sura on the Sura River. Archangel region, 1891

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. the birthplace of John of Kronstadt: R... More

Icon Kholomogory and Surroundings, public domain photograph

Icon Kholomogory and 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

Icon Kholmogory, public domain photograph

Icon Kholmogory, 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

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

The Church of the Cross Exaltation until 1906 - Vyazniki of Vladimir Gubernia

The Church of the Cross Exaltation until 1906 - Vyazniki of Vladimir G...

The Church of the Cross Exaltation until 1906 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... More

Church of Ioannna Rylskago - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Church of Ioannna Rylskago - Arkhangelsk (Archangel)

Church of Ioannna Rylskago Церковь Иoaннa Рыльскаго

Wooden church, Onega, Arkhangelsk region, Russia, White Sea.

Wooden church, 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