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| Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral (Rozhdestvensky Sobor).
Detailed hand made and
painted Russian icon egg of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral in Suzdal.
Egg tempera on wood, finished with a
clear lacquer. Freehand gold border. From Kholui, Russia circa 1988.
Signed by the artist: V. Kopilyev. 5" with stand. One only.
[#ICEgg8-23.] $289.
A Short History. The Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral (Rozhdestvensky
sobor), with blue domes spangled with gold, was founded in the 1220's
but only its lower section is original stone, the rest being 16th
century brick. The inside is adorned with 13th and 17th century frescoes
and icons.
First mentioned in 1024, Suzdal was made the capital of the
Rostov-Suzdal principality by Yury Dolgoruky in the first half of the
12th century. When Andrey Bogolyubsky returned from Kiev in 1157, he
made Vladimir the capital, and from then on the principality was known
as Vladimir-Suzdal. Set in a fertile agricultural area, Suzdal remained
a trade center even after the Tatar invasions. It was an independent
princedom from the early 13th to the mid-14th century, when it united
with Nizhny Novgorod until both were annexed by Moscow in 1392. Under
Muscovite rule, Suzdal became a wealthy monastic center.
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