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Kokoshnik is a semicircular or keel-like exterior decorative element in the Old Russian architecture, a type of corbel zakomara (that is an arch-like semicircular top of the church wall). Unlike zakomara that continues the curvature of the vault behind and carries a part of the vault's weight, kokoshnik is pure decoration and does not carry any ...
The kokoshnik tradition has existed since the 10th century in the city of Veliky Novgorod. [1] It spread primarily in the northern regions of Russia and was very popular from 16th to 19th centuries. It is still to this day an important feature of Russian dance ensembles and folk culture and inspired the Kokoshnik style of architecture.
The plant is also used as a shield-hedge along the roads, preventing farm animals from escaping and wild animals from getting in. [2] The decision to use the plant for silage was made in 1947 under Stalin's rule, so when the species later proved to be highly invasive and difficult to remove, people started to call it "Stalin's revenge".
List of plants by common name; List of plant family names with etymologies; List of plants known as arugula; List of plants known as breadfruit; List of plants known as bottlebrush; List of plants known as buckthorn; List of plants known as cedar; List of plants known as chickweed; List of plants known as compass plant; List of plants known as ...
Ficus elastica, or the rubber plant, is a common house plant but is also a tree which can grow up to 30–40 metres (98–131 ft) tall in the wild. Aglaonema (Chinese evergreen) Alocasia and Colocasia spp. (elephant ear) Anthurium spp. Aphelandra squarrosa (zebra plant) Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island pine) Aspidistra elatior (cast iron ...
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The bochka roofs of the Transfiguration Church in Kizhi, holding onion domes above. 18th century.. A bochka roof or simply bochka (Russian: бочка, barrel) is a type of roof in traditional Russian church architecture that has the form of a half-cylinder with an elevated and pointed upper part, resembling a pointed kokoshnik.
Main staircase of Ryabushinsky House (now Gorky Museum), Moscow by Fyodor Schechtel (1900) Teremok House in Talashkino, by Sergey Malyutin (1901–1902). Art Nouveau meets Russian Revival style. Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied arts, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular between 1893 and 1910.