Church of St. Paraskevi, a small crossed dome church with three naves and four pillars, is one of Russia's oldest churches. I ...
Shlisselburg (originally Schlüsselburg or Nöteborg) was one of the most important medieval fortresses in the northwest Russ ...
The Golden Gate of Vladimir, constructed between 1158 and 1164, is the only preserved ancient Russian city gate. A museum ins ...
Saint Nicholas Cathedral (Nikolo-Dvorishchensky Cathedral), founded by Mstislav the Great in 1113 and consecrated in 1136, is ...
The St. George"s (Yuriev) Monastery is usually cited as Russia"s oldest monastery. It was used to be the most impor ...
Solovetsky Monastery was the greatest citadel of Christianity in the Russian North before being turned into a special Soviet ...
Derbent is the southernmost city in Russia, occupying the narrow gateway between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains c ...
The Ferapontov convent is considered one of the purest examples of Russian medieval art, a reason given by UNESCO for its ins ...
Church of Boris and Gleb was built in 1152, on the orders of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. It was probably part of the princely (woo ...
The Princely Castle at Bogolyubovo (1158-1165) contains the remains of the 12th century Royal Palace, in the form of the Cath ...
Kronshtadt, also spelled Kronstadt, Cronstadt is a large fortress and St. Petersburg's main seaport. Traditionally, the seat ...
Kizhi Pogost is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The pogost is the area inside a fence which i ...
Peryn Chapel or the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Peryn is one of the oldest churches of the region, dating from ...
The Antoniev Monastery rivalled the Yuriev Monastery as the most important monastery of medieval Novgorod the Great. It stand ...
The Zverin Monastery is one of the oldest Russian monasteries, founded not later than the 12th century. It was first mentione ...
The Saviour Church on Nereditsa is one of Russia"s oldest Orthodox churches. It is on the World Heritage list as a part ...
Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Sinichya Gora is one of Russia"s oldest churches, dating from 1192. The church i ...