Russian Orthodox architecture

 

Typical Russian floor plans

 

Earlier period (Byzantine type)

 

Kiev, Sophia Cathedral, 11th c., iconostasis mid 18th c.

The Boris and Gleb Cathedral, Tchernigov (1120-23)

Church of Protection of the Mother of God on Nerl, Bogolyubovo, 1165

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Novgorod, 1117-9

Cathedral of the Assumption, Vladimir, 1189

St. Dimitry’s Cathedral, Vladimir, 1194-7

Cathedral of Our Lord, Pereslavl-Zalesskij

Transfiguration Cathedral, Christ the Savior and St. Euthimius (Spaso-Evfimievski) Monastery, Suzdal, 1564

Suzdal, general view

 

 

Later period

 

Sergiev Posad (Trinity-St. Serge’s Monastery)

The Trinity Cathedral, Sergiev Posad (Trinity-St. Serge’s Monastery), 1422-3

Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, Sergiev Posad (Trinity-St. Serge’s Monastery), 1559-85

 

Cathedral Square, Moscow, Kremlin

Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow, Kremlin, 1484-9; icons 16-18th c.; frescoes 16th c.

Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow, Kremlin, 1484-9; icons 16-18th c.; frescoes 16th c.

Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin (Uspenski), 1475-9, Moscow, Kremlin

 

 

Church of Elijah the Prophet, Yaroslavl (1647-50)

Trinity Church in Nikitniki, Moscow (1635-53)

 

Kondopoga, Church of the Dormition of the Virgin, 1774

Lyadiny, Church of the Epiphany