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The frescoes of the Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral of the Saviour-Euthymius Monastery in Suzdal, executed in the late seventeenth century by an artel of nine painters under the direction of Gury Nikitin, were the last work of the great master, known ab

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The frescoes of the Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral of the Saviour-Euthymius Monastery in Suzdal, executed in the late seventeenth century by an artel of nine painters under the direction of Gury Nikitin, were the last work of the great master, known ab

Almost 600 square metres of frescoes are called the most accomplished creation of Gury Nikitin. The subject of the main volume glorifies Our Lord Jesus Christ, telling the whole story of his life. On the piers are depicted the venerated saints, the pillars of the Church, together with representatives of

By Alexandr Radayev
Curious Details of Bishop Tikhon's Struggle Against Seminarians Who Were Vagrants, Pranksters and Prone to the Intemperance of a Vile, Suspicious and Drunken Passion in the 1770s

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Curious Details of Bishop Tikhon's Struggle Against Seminarians Who Were Vagrants, Pranksters and Prone to the Intemperance of a Vile, Suspicious and Drunken Passion in the 1770s

For example, it was devised to select the most honest pupils as fiscals, that is, overseers and informers, who would watch which of their schoolfellows frequented the drinking shops: «Let there be appointed from among the most honest pupils fiscals, that they might watch and report faithfully to the teachers

By Alexandr Radayev
📌 This building housed the theological seminary where, in 1788, the eminent statesman and jurist Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky studied

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📌 This building housed the theological seminary where, in 1788, the eminent statesman and jurist Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky studied

📌 Also in this building: in 1767 a prison was opened for "raving convicts". From 1829 most of its prisoners were clergy and sectarians. Among the inmates were the soothsayer monk Avel, who foretold the fate of the Romanov dynasty; the Old Believer hierarchs Arkady, Alimpy, Konon and Gennady;

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