Russian Orthodox Church Architecture
A. Dean McKenzie, Professor Emeritus of Art History, presents on Russian Orthodox Church architecture over a period of 2000 years.
Historic Russian Orthodox Cathedrals and Churches from the 11th to the 20th Centuries
February 12, 2013 to August 11, 2013
The photographs of sacred Russian Orthodox sites displayed on this wall and available for digital viewing at the adjacent media station were taken during research trips by Professor A. Dean McKenzie, who retired in 1988 from the University of Oregon's Department of Art History (today's Department of the History of Art and Architecture). Presented here are cathedrals and churches built from the 11th to the 20th centuries in a vast array of architectural styles in locations as diverse as St. Petersburg, Russia, and Unalaska, Alaska—a small city 800 miles southwest of Anchorage in the remote Aleutian Island chain. Structures such as the Cathedral of Saint Vasily the Blessed (popularly known in English as St. Basil's), located on the Red Square in Moscow will be known to many, while others, such as the Church of Saint Nicholas in Juneau, Alaska, will likely be less familiar. St. Basil's represents the culmination of a national style that reached its peak during the 16th century, while the more contemporary Saint Nicholas indicates the extent to which aspects of that style were disseminated on a global scale. Examples of native Russian wooden churches, known as kokoshniki, from which the more grand constructions of later centuries evolved, are included here as well. Despite the multiplicity of sites represented in these photographs, design details closely associated with Russian Orthodox architecture, like tent-shaped roofs, tiered gables, and onion domes, appear frequently.
Professor McKenzie, who received his MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, taught Medieval art for over twenty years at the U of O before he and his wife, Lucile, generously donated funds to endow the McKenzie Icon Gallery.
Kursk
Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history. Population: 415,159 (2010 Census); 412,442 (2002 Census); 424,239 (1989 Census).
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Российская Империя: Екатерина II, часть 1. [04/16] [Eng Sub]
Российская Империя. Екатерина II. Часть первая.
* Происхождение принцессы Софьи-Фредерики-Августины, будущей Екатерины Великой, её приезд в Россию.
* Свержение с престола мужа — императора Петра III.
* Превращение дворянства в привилегированное соcловие. История Салтычихи.
* Русско-турецкие войны, присоединение Крыма к России, штурм Измаила.
* Насаждение картошки в России.
* Екатерина — воспитательница внуков. Фавориты императрицы.
* Пугачёвский бунт.