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State Russian Museum: Eleusa: Dormition Cathedral, Moscow: State Tretyakov Gallery: Saint Nicholas c. 1200 Novodevichy Convent: State Tretyakov Gallery: Icons of Vladimir-Suzdal: Theotokos of Bogolyubovo 1155 Bogolyubovo: Convent of Princesses, Vladimir: Our Lady of Saint Theodore // Saint Paraskevi (double-sided) Gorodets-on-the-Volga ...
Russian proverbs originated in oral history and written texts dating as far back as the 12th century. [ citation needed ] The Russian language is replete with many hundreds of proverbs (пословица [pɐˈslovʲɪtsə] ) and sayings (поговорка [pəɡɐˈvorkə] ).
It is similar to the national emblems of the Russian Empire. The current coat of arms was designed by artist Yevgeny Ukhnalyov; it was adopted officially on November 30, 1993. [3] A horseman, considered to be Saint George, killing a dragon, is the second of the two main Russian symbols.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "National symbols of Russia" ... Awards and emblems of the Ministry of Defence of the ...
The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
In Russian churches, the nave is typically separated from the sanctuary by an iconostasis (Russian ikonostas, иконостас), or icon-screen, a wall of icons with double doors in the centre. Russians sometimes speak of an icon as having been "written", because in the Russian language (like Greek, but unlike English) the same word ( pisat ...
On October 13, 2003, President Vladimir Putin issued Decree No. 471-rp "On the procedure for Issuing Certificates of Registration of Official Symbols and Distinctive Signs in the State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation". According to this document, the certificate of registration in the State Heraldic Register "is drawn up on a ...
It shows wheat as the symbol of agriculture, a rising sun for the future of the Russian nation, the red star (the RSFSR was the last Soviet Republic to include the star in its state emblem, in 1978) as well as the hammer and sickle for the victory of Communism and the "world-wide socialist community of states".