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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 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.
The kokoshnik (Russian: коко́шник, IPA: [kɐˈkoʂnʲɪk]) is a traditional Russian headdress worn by women and girls to accompany the sarafan. 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 ...
Robert Bosch Foundation Germany: Stuttgart: $6 billion €5.3 billion 1964 [36] 35 Children's Investment Fund Foundation United Kingdom: London: $5.9 billion £5.2 billion 2002 [37] 36 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation United States: Westlake Village, California: $5.9 billion 1944 [38] 37 Nemours Foundation United States: Jacksonville: $4.6 billion ...
Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist. "We have a long history in this country of actually biases against ...
Harry and Meghan's Archewell Foundation is now in good standing in California after a lost check is remedied. Gov. Newsom calls the attention pile-on 'unfair.'
Takaharu Tezuka (手塚 貴晴, Tezuka Takaharu, born 23 February 1964) is a Japanese architect. In 1994, he and his wife Yui Tezuka founded the Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects.
Ready to inspire change. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed a “growing and diverse” group of experts to their Archewell Foundation team after making their royal exit permanent in February ...