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) | Young Soviet soldiers
Two young Soviet soldiers are having their photograph taken in front of the Tsar's Cannon in the Kremlin. |
) | Zagorsk
Thirty-three miles north of Moscow, on the Yarolslavl Highway, stands the Troitse-Sergiyev Monastery, whose oldest structure dates back to the 1340s. Through the centuries it has not only been a center of art and learning but has also played a major role in the political history of Moscow. In 1920, the monastery grounds were made a national museum. |
) | Zagorsk domes
Among the churches in this remarkable architectural complex are Trinity Cathedral and Dukhovnaya Church, both of the fifteenth century, and the Cathedral of the Assumption, built by Ivan the Terrible and modeled after that in the Kremlin. |
) | Zagorsk religious art
The city of Zagorsk was formerly known as Sergiev in honor of the monk Sergei Radonezhsky, or St. Sergius, who founded a wooden church hear around 1340. The Danilov Monastery brings thousands of tourists and worshippers to Zagorsk. |
) | Zagorsk scene
The city of Zagorsk was formerly known as Sergiev in honor of the monk Sergei Radonezhsky, or St. Sergius, who founded a wooden church hear around 1340. The Danilov Monastery brings thousands of tourists and worshippers to Zagorsk. |
) | Zither
This instrument was being used in the "Old Days Festival" in Tallinn, Estonia. |
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