Russian architecture facts for kids

Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is one of the The most famous structures in the history of Russian architecture

Russian architecture is the name of the Architecture style of Russia from the early Russian wooden architecture period until the Stalinist Architecture period. from the "Pre-Christian" until the "Kievan Rus Christian" period most of the structures was made of wood and after than the structures was made by stones

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Saint Basil's Cathedral (1482–95) is a showcase of Muscovite Russian architecture.
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod (1045–1050)
Transfiguration monastery in Murom (1096)
Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Veliky Novgorod (1113–1136)
St. George's Cathedral of Yuriev Monastery near Veliky Novgorod (1119)
Katholikon of the Antoniev Monastery (1122)
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (built in 1199–1139, first mentioned in 1243)
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Smolensk (1146)
Transfiguration Cathedral in Pereslavl-Zalessky (1152)
Kideksha Church (1152)
Assumption Cathedral, Staraya Ladoga (1154–1159)
Remains of the Bogolyubov castle (left) and The Temple of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin (right) (1158)
Golden Gate in Vladimir (1158–1164)
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (1165)
St. Michael the Archangel Church in Smolensk (1180–1197)
Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir (1186–1189)
Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Vladimir (1194–1197)
St. George's Church, Staraya Ladoga (1180–1200)
Cathedral of the Nativity, Suzdal (1222–1225)
Saint George Cathedral, Yuryev-Polsky (1230–1234)
Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street in Veliky Novgorod (1374)
Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery (15th century)
Episcopal palace in Suzdal (15th century)
Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity Lavra (1422–1423)
Saviour's Cathedral of Andronikov Monastery (1420–1425)
The Cathedral of the Dormition (1475–1479), Moscow
Tsarevich Dmitry palace in Uglich (1482)
Palace of Facets in Moscow Kremlin (1487–1492)
Old English Court - headquarters of English Muscovy Company (1490–1510)
Spasskaya Tower in Moscow Kremlin (1491)
Ivan The Great Bell Tower (1505–1508)
Trinity Church in Kitay-gorod (1626)
Nativity Church at Putinki (1649–1652)
Palace of Alexis I in Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery (1652–1654)
Palace of the Patriarch of Moscow, with the Church of the Twelve Apostles (1653)
Remains of the Averky Kirillov's Palace (1657)
Сathedral of the Resurrection, New Jerusalem Monastery (1656–1685)
St. Nicholas Church in Bersenevka (1657)
Kolomenskoye, summer residence of the Tsars (1667–1668)
Novodevichy Convent, Moscow, 17th century
Palace of the wealthy merchant family Pogankin in Pskov (1671–1679)
St. John the Baptist Church (1671—1687)
Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki (1679–1682)
Metropolitan Palace in Yaroslavl (1680th–1690th)
Znamenskaya Church (1690–1704)
Krutitsy (1693–94)
Pushkikov's palace in Nizhny Novgorod (1698)
Menshikov tower (1707)
The wooden churches of remote Kizhi Pogost, 1711–1714
Admiralty building (1704–1706)
Peter and Paul Fortress (1706–1740)
Peterhof Palace (1714–1755)
Konstantin palace (1715–1720)
Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (1752–1757)
Winter Palace (1762–1796)
Pashkov House (1784–1786)
Saint Michael's Castle (1797–1801)
Kazan Cathedral (1801–1811)
General Staff Building (1819–1828)
Saint Isaac's Cathedral (1819–1858)
Bolshoi Theatre (1821–1825)
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (1860–1883)
State Historical Museum (1875–1881)
GUM department store (1890–1893)
Eliseyev Emporium (1902–1903)
Tretyakov gallery (1902–1904)
Singer House (1902–1904)
Shukhov Tower in Moscow
Tsentrosoyuz building
Kauchuk Factory Club
Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage
Izvestia building
Lenin's mausoleum
Dinamo Building
Zuev Workers' Club
Red Banner Textile Factory
Melnikov House (1927–1929)
Rusakov Workers' Club (1927)
Svoboda Factory Club
Dorkhimzavod Club
House on the Embankment in Moscow
Hotel Iset in Ekaterinburg
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Central Post Office in Ekaterinburg
Maxim Gorky Theatre in Rostov-na-Donu
Moscow State University main building
All-Russia Exhibition Centre
House of Soviets
House of the MGB workers
Guest House On Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya
General's House at Smolenskaya embankment
Minsk Gate
Rossiya Hotel
Presidium Building of Russian Academy of Science
Main Building of the Ministry of Defense
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
Openwork house
Ostankino Tower
Moscow White House
Typical Khrushchyovka in Nizhny Novgorod
Unusual round-shaped plattenbau in Moscow
Book houses at New Arbat
Housing the university, built in the early 1970s, in Ulyanovsk (Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University)
Moscow International Business Center
Yekaterinburg-City
Saint Petersburg Plaza
Lakhta Center
Triumph Palace
Sokolinaya Gora
Scarlet Sails
Oruzheiny Complex
Mariinsky Theatre Second Stage
Gazprom Arena (UFO)
Technopark in Akademgorodok
Fisht Olympic Stadium
White Square
House on Mosfilmovskaya
Dominion Tower
Fomenko theatre
Agricultural palace
Zaryadye Park

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