Orthodox Architecture and the Avant-Garde: Russian Church in Moisenay, France

There is an unshakable and almost unanimous opinion among contemporary Russian church architects that the development of Russian church architecture came to an end in 1917, after reaching its peak during the art nouveau era. It is a common belief that this development had stopped, firmly and “providentially,” and therefore that any further innovations should[…..]

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Tombstone Stories

I was born and have lived my entire life in Moscow. I have worked in publishing, including in the publishing house of the Russian Orthodox Church, and as a web developer.It was four years ago, on a visit to (then-Ukrainian) Crimea, that I became seriously interested in photography. After reviewing my first collection—over 1,000 photos—I[…..]

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