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Cathedral of the Holy Virgin’s Nativity (Zvenigorod)

Posted on 31 August 2012   |  Photo album of the Zvenigorod

Cathedral of the Holy Virgin’s Nativity (1405-1407) in the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery – is the compositional center of the entire...

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Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin in Gorodok (Zvenigorod)

Posted on 30 August 2012   |  Photo album of the Zvenigorod

The Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin in Gorodok was built in the fortress of Prince Yuri of Zvenigorod. Only the high earthen...

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Golden Gate (Kiev)

Posted on 24 August 2012   |  Photo album of the Kiev

The Golden Gate in Kiev is a monument of fortified construction of the XII century, one of the rare species that has survived till our...

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Golden Gate (Vladimir)

Posted on 23 August 2012   |  Photo album of the Vladimir

This is one of the rarest monuments of the Russian defensive military architecture of the XII century. The Gate was built in 1164, when the...

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Vladimir

Posted on 21 August 2012   |  Photo album of the Vladimir

There is, probably, no one in this world, who would remain unmoved by Vladimir, if he were to visit it even once, to touch its ancient...

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Borodino Field

Posted on 3 August 2012   |  Photo album of the Borodino

“And then we had come upon a plain: Here’s room to fight with might and main! There built we a redoubt.” M. Y. Lermontov, Borodino A...

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Nizhny Novgorod

Posted on 2 August 2012   |  Photo Album of the Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhniy Novgorod (in colloquial speech often Nizhniy) — is the administrative center of Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast, the center and largest...

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The Most Noble Order of the Garter

Posted on 25 June 2012   |  Photo report of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Early this summer I had the privilege to be invited to the Service of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, which was held at Saint...

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