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On-line exhibition by photographer Vadim Gippenreiter of masterpieces of historic architecture in Kiev, Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl, Rostov, Yaroslavl, and Kostroma.
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Old Russian Cities all-photo.ru NextPreviosall-photo.ruIntroductionContentsGalleryOthercollectionsMailus Mode:2x23x13x23x34x14x24x45x15x45x5 RussianDesign:Corporative Networks2000-2005www@cnetworks.net...Fortresses of northwest Russia and Finland. Photographs, maps, histories, and personal observations.
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Northern Fortress English C s c 2001-2004 www.Goss.ru English version...Photographs of 16th and 17th century churches and the St. Euthymus monastery of the Savior in the old walled town of Suzdal.
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Some Russian monasteries of Suzdal Suzdal is a very small town. People live peacefully in their sympathic wooden cottages. Many of the houses are new, recently painted blue and white and green. People of suzdal are called cucumber millionaires because they earn their livelihood by...The official site provides an outline history and many photographs of this onion-domed church of c.1500, with its ornate interior.
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Ouspenie (Dormition) Cathedral in Rostov the Great Great is one of the oldest Russian cities. The city was first mentioned in the chronicle in 862 as a remote front post of Kiev Russia. It became the capital and the spiritual center of the North-East Russia. A settlement...The complex of historic wooden buildings on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega is a World Heritage site, protected by this state museum. Includes images, maps, and visitor information.
http://kizhi.karelia.ru/
Gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of buildings in Moscow and St Petersburg, from Virtual Russia.
http://virtualrussia.net/sights/photo.htm
A short history and images of this 17th century church.
http://cnit2.uniyar.ac.ru/yaros/wwe01293.htm
Photographs and information on: landmarks of Moscow and St Petersburg; Kizhi Museum of Wooden Architecture, Karelia; monastery of Trinity - St Sergiy Lavra, Zagorsk. Hosted by Little Russia.
http://russia-in-us.com/attract.html
An architectural project in Moscow by Olga Filippova. Preface by Vladimir Paperny. Large VRML model lets you explore it.
http://www.artmargins.com/content/eview/filippova.html
Jackie Craven provides a photo tour of some of the country's most important buildings, plus related links.
http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aa090501a.htm
Exhibition of paper architecture - a collection of some 480 architectural projects from the last 300 years of the Russian history that have never been carried out.
http://www.utopia.ru/
Jason Grant's photographic explorations of the ruined historical architecture of Russia and elsewhere, together with his illustrated article on the estates of Russia and what befell them, and links to related resources.
http://nostalgicglass.org/
Covers both historic and modern architecture. The historic section includes a database of monuments, containing a photograph and basic information for each.
http://www.archi.ru/