On the preservation and revival of Russian folk art, ancient monuments, and culture.
Yaroslavl region, Rostov.
View of Lake Nero.
Rostov Kremlin.
Walls and towers of the Kremlin.
Assumption Cathedral in the historical part of the city and a free-standing belfry with thirteen bells.
Bell ringers swing the bells.
Tver region, Kalyazin.
View of the Uglich Reservoir near Kalyazin in the area of the flooded Makaryev Monastery.
The upper part of the bell tower is above the water surface.
Kaluga region, Kozelsk.
View of the Zhizra River.
Holy Vvedensky Monastery Optina Pustyn.
The main temple of the monastery is the Cathedral of the Entry of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the Temple.
Monks pass through the monastery gates and talk with the priest near the church.
Crosses on the graves of elders buried on the monastery grounds.
Builders are restoring the brickwork on the bell tower.
A restorer is restoring the wall paintings in the refectory.
Interior of the refectory.
An iconostasis in one of the monastery churches.
Parishioners perform religious rites during the service in the church.
The Urals, the village of Nizhnyaya Semchikha.
Wooden huts, a windmill, a wooden chapel, a gazebo, a well in the village of Nizhnyaya Semchikha, where everything was collected by a local resident, I.D. Samoilov.
Painted walls, chests, spinning wheels in the front room of the hut.
A bed and a cradle for a newborn in the hut.
Painted shutters on the windows.
The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior.
A restorer restores the image of an icon. I.D. Samoilov and the restorer are looking through an old book in a frame at the table. I.D. Samoilov and the villagers are sitting on a bench near the hut.
Architecture, Christianity, Cities, villages, rural settlements, Folk life, Painting, graphics, Water management
1991
Moscow.
Artist G. Strizhenov and a group of students are on duty in the basement of a former trading house owned by merchant Shcherbakov, protesting the demolition of this building. G. Strizhenov and the students are sorting through construction waste at the demolition site, and then in the workshop they are restoring old tiles from the pieces. G. Strizhenov in the park at an easel.
Views of old Moscow in the paintings of G. Strizhenov's father.
Moscow.
Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Fili.
Photographs of the church before restoration.
Architect I. V. Ilyenko is looking at sketches and drawings of the church building at the table in his office, made during the restoration of the church.
The interior of the church, the iconostasis.