100 temples of the Golden Ring of Russia

The book invites on an exciting journey through the Golden Ring: to the festive multi -headed Yaroslavl, Suzdal, full of amazing bells, Trinity -Sergius Lavra – the heart of Russian holiness, and to other cities; He talks about the development of Russian church architecture, about the selfless ministry of Russian saints and the treasures of Orthodoxy, many of which were destroyed, but today they are reviving from the ruins. The book presents such world-famous masterpieces of architecture as Dimitrievsky Cathedral in Vladimir, the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl and St. George Cathedral of Yuryev-Polsky, the temples of the Rostov Kremlin, Pereslavl and Uglich. Who created them and when? What events and people do their ancient walls store the memory of what events and people? “100 temples of the Golden Ring of Russia” are not only a millennial history of architecture. This is the image of Russia itself with its victories and defeats, tragedies and celebrations, it is its past, present and future.

Editor
Moshkovskaya M.A.
Publisher
Bertelsmann, 2011