The 19th century, Russian Neo-Classicist style St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia features golden icons & columns of malachite & lapis lazuli

Traditional nesting Matrushka dolls being painted in Mandrogy, a recreated village on the banks of the Svir between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega, Russia

Woman sews traditional embroidered linens in a workshop at the open-air museum on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, Russia

Historic wooden buildings that have been relocated to Kizhi Island, in the center of Lake Onega, Russia, serve as an open-air museum

Iconostasis in the smaller nine-domed winter Church of the Intercession on Kizhi Island, Lake Onega, Russia. First built in 1694 as a single-dome structure, it was expanded to its nine-dome design by 1764. Smaller than its sister church, the 22-domed Church of the Transfiguration, it is used for winter services, as it is easier to … Read more