The most famous temples of Ukraine. The Kiev-Pechersky Monastery. Cossack architecture

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1. The most famous temples of Ukraine. St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev 1. When did St. Sophia Cathedral appear in Kiev? The Cathedral of St. Sophia was built in times that are considered the heyday of Kievan Rus. Rules then the son of Vladimir the Great Prince Yaroslav. Having spent many campaigns and battles, having obtained the right to the principality in Kiev, Yaroslav escaped the accusations […]...
2. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine Kiev – the capital of Ukraine (since 1934) and the center of the Kiev region – is located on the Dnieper River and is the country’s largest city, its main industrial, transport and cultural center. It is a railway junction and a river port with a population of 2,809,000 inhabitants. Kiev was founded in the […]...
3. Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra The Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was built in 1073-1089 by architects from Constantinople. The laying of the Great Assumption Church took place in the summer of 1073 from the Nativity of Christ, during the days of the prince Svyatoslav, the son of Yaroslav. Construction and decoration were accompanied by many miracles. The solemn […]...
4. Summary of “Kiev-Pechersky Paterik” Nestor, the monk of the monastery of the Monastery of Pechersky, a tale of why the monastery was nicknamed Pechersky During the reign of Vladimir Svyatoslavich in Lyubech lived a pious husband who wanted to become a monk. He came to the Holy Mount Athos and in one of the monasteries there he took monastic […]...
5. Architecture and art of medieval Europe. Romance and Gothic styles At the beginning of the Middle Ages, construction was so launched that the then masters were forced to study the architectural achievements of the ancient Romans. As a consequence, in the X century. Romanian architectural style begins to form in Western Europe. This was the first pan-European style that spread in the 11th-12th centuries. Christians […]...
6. Essay on the Trinity Cathedral in Novomoskovsk A bit in the world of the temples, about which novels are written. Notre-Dame de Paris in France – about him “Notre Dame de Paris” by Victor Hugo. Sofia Kievskaya, about whom the novel “Divo” was written by Pavlo Zagrebelny. And there is another temple in Ukraine, sung in the novel by Oles Honchar’s “Cathedral.” […]...
7. Sights of Ukraine Ukraine is one of the oldest and most beautiful countries in Eastern Europe. In ancient times, it was known as Kievan Rus, and that is why its current capital is called Kiev. The country has a fascinating history and rich culture. In addition to historical monuments, churches, museums, palaces, Ukraine is full of natural wonders […]...
8. The architecture and influence of the church on it in the Middle Ages. Gothick style In medieval Europe, architecture and art felt a strong church influence. This was due to the fact that the church culture was understandable and accessible, and the church – the main customer of architectural structures and works of art. Until the XI century. In the European church architecture, the Romanesque style dominated. It was formed […]...
9. Painting by an unknown artist “Cossack Mamai” The painting “Cossack Mamai” painted more than three hundred years ago by an artist whose name is not preserved. Since then, many unknown artists from the people have created many such paintings. In the foreground we see a Cossack sitting under a wide-brimmed young oak in the middle of a broad steppe. Near Mamaia there […]...
10. Sights of Kiev Ukraine has a long history and rich culture. Therefore, we have many attractions. It is quite natural that the capital of the country, Kiev, has the greatest number of attractions. It is one of the oldest cities in Europe. From time immemorial Kiev was the center of Slavic culture. In the city there are many […]...
11. Summary “The Life of Theodosius of Pechersky” The pious parents of St. Theodosius lived in the city of Vasiliev. When they had a son, on the eighth day he was given a name, on the fortieth – they called him. Then the parents of the blessed moved to the city of Kursk. The boy grew up, went to church every day, avoided […]...
12. Merimee Prosper and Ukraine Ukraine took a prominent place in the historical and artistic works of Merimee. In the book “Episode from Russian History: False Dmitriy” the writer proposed an original hypothesis, according to which the impostor was a Zaporozhian Cossack. “Only the Cossack who grew up on the Sich,” argues Merimee, “where only courage and eloquence gave honors, […]...
13. St Basil’s Church The Intercession Cathedral, “that on the moat,” or St. Basil’s Cathedral, is an outstanding monument of Russian architecture. It was built in the middle of the XVI century by the ingenious Russian architects Barma and Postnik according to the royal decree of Ivan the Terrible, who decided to erect this cathedral in memory of the […]...
14. Composition about Ukraine Each person has one Motherland. This is the place on his large territory, where he was born, grew up, which often touched his feet. My Motherland is Ukraine. I am happy that I was born and live in the Country. I love her for boundless, beautiful, vast spaces. Go out into the field – and […]...
15. Icons as historical monuments. Icons of princely times 1. What are icons and what do historians learn about them? The word “icon” of Greek origin. Icons Call the images of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, saints, the events of the Holy Letter, executed according to certain rules, most often on cypress boards. The icons are also the corresponding murals on the walls […]...
16. How and what icons were created 1. What icons were created in Cossack times? Created icons and Cossack times. During the second half of the 17-18 centuries. especially popular in Ukraine was the icon of the Pokrov. In the lower part of these icons there were images of representatives of the Cossack sergeant, the atamans, the hetmans. The Mother of God […]...
17. Oral sources of history. Scientific confirmation of the legend about the foundation of Kiev Prior to the emergence of writing, people stored the experience in an oral word: tales, legends, legends, songs, riddles, proverbs and sayings. All this variety of works is called Oral folk art, or Folklore. From folklore works, historians learn first of all about what life was like in ancient times, what people believed in, what […]...
18. Excursion to the history The cathedrals and churches of Moscow enjoy well-deserved fame not only among Russians, but all over the world. And among all the beautiful creations of Russian architects, the Cathedral of Pokrovsky, amazingly beautiful, stands out, or, as it is often called by the old-timers, the church of St. Basil the Blessed. How was this unique […]...
19. The composition of Perov’s painting “The First Christians in Kiev” Perov Vasily Grigorievich is a famous Russian painter. It is considered the founder of critical realism. Most of his paintings belong to the domestic genre, but in the last years of his life, after experiencing many disappointments, the author turns to subjects of a different plan. In the paintings of Perov, the evangelical theme is […]...
20. The composition of Vasilkovsky’s painting “Cossack Levada” The well-known master of landscape, Russian and Ukrainian painter is Vasilkovsky Sergey Ivanovich. Having graduated with high achievements of the Academy of Arts, he received permission to travel to other countries. He visited Germany, England, Africa, Spain, Italy, for some time he lived in France. But most of his paintings are devoted to his native […]...
21. Painting Savrasov “Pechora Monastery near Nizhny Novgorod” An ordinary village on the banks of a mighty river. A grove of birch trees, a sideways fence. And in the distance the monastery is white. It would seem that the everyday picture, what she so attracted the artist, that he decided to transfer it to the canvas? What did I like about the work […]...
22. Description of the St. Sophia Cathedral The Cathedral of St. Sophia (St. Sophia Cathedral) was built in the 11th century in the center of Kiev on the orders of Yaroslav the Wise. At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries it was outwardly rebuilt in the style of Ukrainian baroque. Inside the Cathedral there are many ancient frescoes and mosaics, including the […]...
23. Painting by Aivazovsky “St. George Monastery” The artist Aivazovsky is known throughout the world for many pictures with marine themes. He gave preference to writing paintings on the Black Sea. One of his most famous works is the painting “St. George’s Monastery,” which he wrote at the very beginning of his work. At that time, Aivazovsky was very young, so in […]...
24. What do the chronicles tell about? The most authoritative and well-known sources on the history of Kievan Rus, which help historians to restore the course of events of the past, are Chronicles. You already know that the so-called works in which the events were recorded successively for years, “from summer to summer.” Chroniclers covered, for the most part, the deeds of […]...
25. Rilke RM and Ukraine, Russia As you already know, a great influence on the personality of Rilke was his journey through Russia and Ukraine. He met with outstanding figures of Russian culture, was interested in the life of the people. The poet visited Yasnaya Polyana, where he met Leo Tolstoy. The last year of his life corresponded with Boris Pasternak […]...
26. Ukrainian Cossacks in the battles and campaigns. National Liberation War, Bogdan Khmelnitsky The Cossack garrison was constantly on the Sich, the majority of the Zaporozhians lived in the winter huts, and came to Sich on the appropriate signal. After all, it was from Sich that the Cossacks went on a campaign. The Sich was also the place where the Cossacks discussed the most important questions of their […]...
27. Man is famous for his work From the school desk for life, we are engraved in the memory of the phrase: “Work made of a monkey man.” And although recently one can hear arguments in favor of the fact that this is not entirely true, we continue to believe in its immutability. Labor ennobles a person. In Russian folklore, as well […]...
28. Description of S. Gerasimov’s paintings “The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl” and S. Baulin “The Temple…” The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl is an amazing building that has come down to us from the depths of centuries, the greatest monument of world architecture. Many artists portrayed this temple on their canvases. The Church of the Intercession is located on the banks of the Nerl River, not far from Bogolyubov, […]...
29. A Tale of the Tverskoy Otroch Monastery The great Tver prince Yaroslav Yaroslavich had a loyal servant, a boy named Gregory. The prince trusted him in everything, charging even to go to his villages and collect tribute. It happened once that servant was in the Volga village of Edimonove, that is from Tver in fourteen versts, and he stopped at the house […]...
30. The first universities in Ukraine 1. What role in the 19th century? played Kharkov University in the development of Ukrainian culture? In the early 19th century. in the part of Ukraine that was part of the Russian Empire, there were no higher educational institutions. In 1805, through the efforts of Vasily Karazin and other public figures, a university was founded […]...
31. Culture of North-Eastern Russia XIII-XV centuries Literacy in North-Eastern Russia in the XIII-XV centuries. Special distribution has not received. In the monasteries and at the prince’s court they copied books, which were beautifully decorated. Wrote on parchment or on birch bark – birch. In the XIV century. in Russia there was a cheap paper. Russian travelers described Constantinople, and the Tver […]...
32. Development of Russian culture in the 14th-15th centuries The Mongol invasion and the establishment of the Golden Horde yoke inflicted irreparable loss on the culture of Russia. Hundreds of talented artisans were killed and taken prisoner, which led to the decline of handicraft activities, and the crafts of individual species disappeared. Many architectural monuments were destroyed. Due to lack of funds and masters […]...
33. Painting by Repin “Zaporozhtsy write a letter to the Turkish sultan” The plot of this masterpiece of the great Russian artist is well known: Zaporozhye Cossacks write a response to the proposal of the Turkish sultan to move to the side of the Ottoman Empire. The text of this answer, full of the most refined insults to the address of “the lord of the brilliant Porta”, […]...
34. Ancient Russia The main source of our knowledge of ancient Russia is medieval chronicles. In the archives, libraries and museums there are several hundred, but in fact this is one book written by hundreds of authors, starting work in the 9th century and ending it seven centuries later. First you need to determine what is the record. […]...
35. History of Khreshchatyk and its everyday life 1. What is the history of the central street of Kiev – Khreshchatyk? In Ukraine, probably, there is no person who would not know about this street. Khreshchatik belongs to the fame of the main street of Kiev, its symbol. Khreshchatyk is sung in verse and songs, is depicted in pictures, is shown in many […]...
36. O. de Balzac and Ukraine February 28, 1832 in the life of the writer there was an event that marked the beginning of a “beautiful heart drama”: Balzac unexpectedly received a letter from Odessa with an intriguing signature of “Inostranka”. Soon the writer learned that his correspondent was a Polish aristocrat of Russian citizenship, the Countess Evelina Ghanskaya, the great-granddaughter […]...
37. Summary “The Tale of the Tzar’s Youth Monastery” THE TALE OF THE TROUSER GENTLE OF MONASTERY-the legendary tale of the marriage of the great prince of Tver, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (died 1271), and the foundation of the Tverskoi Otroch monastery. Created in the 2nd floor. XVII century. in Tver, perhaps in the Otroch monastery, P. came to us in 18 lists, transmitting three versions […]...
38. “The Tale of Bygone Years” essay Here are the stories of the past years, where the Russian land came from, who in Kiev became the first to reign and how the Russian land arose “The Tale of Bygone Years” is the earliest surviving chronicle. Refers to the beginning of the XII century. This code is known as part of a series […]...
39. “I live with Ukraine in the blood on the land of Ukraine” The theme of this work made me think not only about my homeland, but also about the problem that Ukraine is still arguing about: the place of the Russian language in our country. In my opinion, Boris Chichibabin, our countryman-Kharkiv citizen, who glorified Ukraine with his poems written in Russian, this line long ago resolved […]...
40. The Baptism of Rus and its meaning The beginning of the reign of Vladimir Svyatoslavich. Protection of Russia from the nomads. After the death of Svyatoslav in Kiev, a quarrel broke out between his sons. In the course of it, Oleg and Yaropolk perished, and the power in 980 was captured by Vladimir, who had ruled before in Novgorod. Vladimir went down […]...