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Holy Trinity, Hospitality of Abraham; by Andrei Rublev; c. 1411; tempera on panel; 1.1 x 1.4 m (4 ft 8 in x 3 ft 8 3 ⁄ 4 in); Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow). Russian icons represent a form of religious art that developed in Eastern Orthodox Christianity after Kievan Rus' adopted the faith from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire in AD 988. [1]
English: Map of Russia showing the federal subject flags as of 2020-03-10. republics . krais . oblasts . federal cities . autonomous oblast . ... Flag of Moscow ...
List of trolleybus systems in Russia; List of wars: 1000–1499; Manila; Mayor of Moscow; Miss Russia 2005; Miss Russia 2006; Miss Russia 2007; Moscow; Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences; Moscow Canal; Moscow City Duma; Nagatinsky Zaton District; Neglinnaya Street; Neskuchny Garden; Nikitsky Boulevard; Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye ...
The coat of arms of Moscow city. 1781 The coat of arms of Moscow Governorate. At first the charging horseman was interpreted as showing the figure of the ruling tsar slaying an enemy intruding into the Russian lands. This attitude was clearly expressed by the Muscovite statesman Grigory Kotoshikhin, among others.
The flag of Moscow, the capital of Russia, is a dark red banner of arms charged as the arms of the city in the centre. It displays Saint George wearing armor and a blue cape with a golden lance in his right hand riding on a silver horse. He is shown stabbing a zilant with a lance.
State symbols of Russia include the Byzantine double-headed eagle, combined with St. George of Moscow in the Russian coat of arms; these symbols date from the time of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The Russian flag appeared in the late Tsardom of Russia period and became widely used during the era of the Russian Empire.
The Moscow Kremlin is the oldest part of Moscow, first mentioned in 1147. In the 13th century, it served as the seat of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and a religious centre. The walls and the towers were constructed in the late 15th and early 16th century, as well as the churches that were designed by invited Italian architects and show influences ...
The coat of arms of Russia derives from the earlier coat of arms of the Russian Empire.Though modified more than once since the reign of Ivan III (1462–1505), the current coat of arms is directly derived from its medieval original, with the double-headed eagle having Byzantine and earlier antecedents.