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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.
Zakomara (Russian: Закомара) is a semicircular or keeled completion of a wall (curtain wall) in the Old Russian architecture, [1] reproducing the adjacent to the inner cylindrical (convex, crossed) vault. False zakomar, which is not repeating the inner shapes of the vault, is called the kokoshnik.
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.
At a state banquet in honor of Qatar, Camilla chose Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik tiara, her first time in the historic sparkler. AARON CHOWN - Getty Images. November 19, 2024.
Panel khrushchevka in Tomsk. Khrushchevkas (Russian: хрущёвка, romanized: khrushchyovka, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]) are a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment buildings (and apartments in these buildings) which were designed and constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s (when their namesake, Nikita Khrushchev, was leader of the Soviet ...
Inside a Cozy Craftsman-Style House Haris Kenjar. When Ashley Lavonne Walker started her own interior design firm in 2021 in Los Angeles, she quickly hooked a dream project: ...
Northern Russian Type: Utility rooms are combined with the living space into one building under a common roof. Includes one-row, two-row, joined, L-shaped, and T-shaped connections. [73] [74] [75] Central Russian Type: Includes a covered single-story courtyard with options: three-row connection and detached courtyard. Also common are room-like ...