Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. The interior of the illuminated New Year tree installed on Prospekt Korolyova.

Buildings of the Eastern Water Supply Canal

The Eastern Water Supply Canal (also known as the Akulovo Water Supply Canal) was built in 1933—1937. It connects the Ucha Reservoir (a reservoir in the system of the Moscow Canal located in northern central part of Moscow Oblast) and the Eastern Water Station in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. A section of the canal goes across the city of Korolyov where following photographs were taken.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. Valve houses of the Eastern Water Supply Canal (Akulovo Water Supply Canal) located at the crossing of the canal and the railway line between the stations Podlipki-Dachnye and Bolshevo.

VDNKh. Pavilion No. 38 Fishing

This faced with aluminum and glass piece of the Soviet Brutalism was built in 1985.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. Pavilion No. 38 Fishing. A view from the Fourth Kamensky Pond.
The location of the pavilion:

Boats of Saint Petersburg

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A Rinker sport boat of the Captiva series (the Rinker Boat Company, the USA) on the Moyka River in Saint Petrsburg.

Towers of the Moscow Kremlin. A view from the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.

Let’s ascend the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge and have a look on the Kremlin.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
On the left we see three towers of the south wall (from left to right):

• the Taynitskaya Tower (the Secret Tower) – it was built in 1485 and became the first tower of the current Kremlin; in 1770–1771 the tower was dismantled but in 1783 it was built again;
• the First Unnamed Tower, it was built in 1480s, dismantled in 1770s and built again in 1780s; in 1812 the tower was blown up by the French, in 1835 it was restored;
• the Second Unnamed Tower, it was built in 1480s, dismantled in 1770s and built again in 1780s.

The building of the Grand Kremlin Palace is seen behind the towers.

Portriat of Nikolay Gnedich by Anton Ivanov

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Portrait of Nikolay Gnedich by Anton Ivanov. 1835. Marble.
The medaillon on the tombstone of Nikolay Gnedich in the Tikhvin Cenetry, Saint Petersburg: the marble replica created in 1961. The marble original of the medaillon (1835) is kept in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
Primarily the sculptural portrait of N. Gnedich was attributed to the Samuil Ivanovich Galberg (1787—1839). Later Elena Karpova, the curator of the sculpture collection of the State Russian Museum, advanced another version: the bas-relief was created by Anton Andreevich Ivanov (?—1852), a pupil of Samuil Galber. This version is based on a report in Khudozhestvennaya Gazeta (Artistic Newspaper, 1841), where the portrait of N. Gnedich is mentioned among works by A. A. Ivanov and on the list of works by A. A. Ivanov in The Lexicon of Russian Artist by Nikolay Sobko.

The Church of Saint Basil the Great in the VDNKh

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. The Church of Saint Basil the Great (Russian: храм Святителя Василия Великого). Architect: Andrey Obolensky.
The building was was under consuction in 2000—2001; in 2001 it was consecrated as a chapel by Patriarch Alexy II.
In 2011 the sanctuary was attached to the chapel and Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov) consecrated it as a church.

The location of the Saint Basil the Great Church:

VDNKh. Pavilion No. 8 Young Naturalists

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. Pavilion No. 8 Young Naturalists. Built in 1954.
Currently (2016) the pavilion is used by the museum theater The House of Fairy Tales Once Upon a Times.

The Bell Tower of St. John's Church at the Pine Forest in Moscow

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. The bell tower of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist at the Pine Forest (Russian: Храм Усекновения Главы Иоанна Предтечи под Бором). The end of the 18th century.
A view from Pyatnitskaya Street.
A notable feature of this bell tower, built in traditions of the early Classicism with some elements of the Baroque, is different stylistics of its levels. Columns of the lover level (they are not seen on this photograph) are in the Doric style, the medium level is built according to the Ionic order, the columns of the upper level are the most spectacular, they have Corinthian capitals.

The location of the bell tower of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist:

Ventilation

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. Ventilation shafts of the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics.

Grocery Stores of the VDNKh

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. The Grocery Store.
The buiding was constructed in 1954 as the trade pavilion of the Glavkonserv (the Main Directorate of the Packing Industry), in 1958—1959 it was used as the exhibition hall Preserved Food, in 1959 it was restructured for a grocery store.

The location of the building depicted on the photograph:

Fire Engines: PMG-1

The PMG-1 (Russian: ПМГ-1) fire engine based on the GAZ-AA truck was the most widespread Soviet fire truck of 1930s.
Currently the most of the PMG-1 trucks are lost; this museum specimen is kept at a fire station in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia


Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A Soviet PMG-1 fire engine.

The Sentry

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A private of the Kremlin Regiment at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden, Moscow, Russia.

The location of the post depicted on the photograph:

Saint George attributed to Vasili Yermolin

From the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
Saint George. A fragment of the destroyed sculpture. 1464 (?). Coloured stone. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

The statue was a decoration of the Frolovskaya Strelnitsa (barbican) of the Moscow Kremlin and, later, of the Spasskaya Tower (initially the Frolovskaya Tower) built in 1491 at the site of the demolished barbican.
It was believed that the statue was sculpted by Vasily Yermolin, who was known as a merchant and contractor. Now reseachers call this attribution in question: Yermolin was the purchaser, but not the author of the sculpture. Most probably, the statue was created by masters from Italy.

The Rostokino Aqueduct

The Rostokino Aqueduct is a stone aqueduct over Yauza River situated in Moscow, Rostokino District.
The construction of the aqueduct started in 1780 and dragged for 25 years, until 1804. More than 1 million rubles were spent on building work therefore the aqueduct has the second, unofficial, name the Million Bridge.
The aqueduct was used as an engineering structure until 1990s. In 2004–2007 it was reconstructed as a pedestrian bridge.
Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. The Rostokino Aqueduct. The northern entrance to the aqueduct.

VDNKh. Pavilion No. 7 Seeds

We continue the series of posts devoted to the pavilions of the VDNKh in Moscow. In this issue you can see photos of Pavilion No. 7 Seeds.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh (the Exhibition of Achievements of the People's Economy). Pavilion No. 7 Seeds. Architects Z. Arzamasova, T. Petrova. 1978.
A general view.

Lions of Moscow

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Lion with Shield by an unknown author. 1907.
The sculpture before the house of Ivan Kuznetsov (The House With the Lion) in Myasnitskaya Street in Moscow.
Address: Russia, Mocква, Мясницкая улица, дом 15.

VDNKh. Pavilion No. 311 Sericulture

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. Pavilion No. 311 Sericulture.
The pavilion was built in 1939 as the pavilion Sericulture; in 1940—1954 it was used as the "territorail" pavilion of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, then it again became one of so-called “industrial pavilions” and obtained its primary name “Sericulture”. In early 1990s the exposition devoted to the sericulture was lost; the pavilion was let on lease to enterprises of the private business. In 2015—2016 the building was reconstructed and, in the spring of 2016, the restaurant Ottepel (Thaw), designed in the style of 1960s, opened in the it.

The location of Pavilion No. 311 Sericulture:


See other other photos of pavilions in the VDNKh:
• Pavilion No. 7;
• Pavilion No. 26;
• Pavilion No. 35;
• Pavilion No. 36;
• Pavilion No. 59.

A Sunny Day in the Kremlin

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
The Moscow Kremlin.
The door of the southern facade of the Dormition Cathedral.

The location of the Dormition Cathedral:

Old Factory Buildings in Moscow

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. The complex of former production buildings of the Red October Confectionery on Bersenevskaya Embankment. A view from the Moskva River.
The complex of the confectionery was built in 1889–1914. The Red October used the buildings till 2007 when the production was transferred to another site. Сurrently (2016) the buildings belong to the Guta Group and are leased as offices, studios, exhibition galleries and so on.

Address: Russia, Mocква, Берсеневская набережная.

VDNKh. Pavilion No. 59 Cereals

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. Pavilion No. 59 Cereals.
The pavilion was built in 1939 by the architect Dmitry Chechulin. In 1954 it was reconstructed by the same architect and assumed its the current external appearance.
The pavilion was more than once renamed, its original name was Moscow, Tula, and Ryazan Oblasts.

From the series A Dull Morning in Saint Petersburg

In this post you will find a couple of photographs made in Saint Peterburg in September 2014.


Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Saint Petersburg. The Peter and Paul Fortress.
A decorative “bomb” on the pediment of the Neva Gate. A view from the Neva Curtain. The Trinity Bridge is seen in the background.

Nature In Megalopolis

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast.
A birch tree before the glass facade of the GLONASS Center.

Address: Russia, Московская область, Пионерская улица.

Military Equipment in Memorial of Glory in Korolyov

The Memorial of Glory is a war memorial complex in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia, dedicated to military personnel and toilers of the home front of the Great Patriotic war¹, as well to soldiers of other armed conflicts involving the Soviet Union and Russia. The memorial was opened on 9 May 1985.
The central part of the Memorial of Glory is the Monument to Soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. Also three examples of the Soviet military equipment are installed in the memorial as monuments: a T-34-85 tank, a BS-3 gun and a BRMD-2 armoured car.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A Soviet medium tank T-34-85 Model 1944 installed as the monument to the home front toilers. The monument was unveiled on 9 May 2000.
The T-34-85 tank was equipped with the 85-mm ZIS-S-53 gun designed in 1943 by Central Artillery Design Bureau (the chief designer – Vasily Grabin) located in Kaliningrad².

Spring. Time to Build Birdhouses

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
A birdhouse on a birch tree.
This birdhouse is one of bird nest boxes wich were placed in May 2015 in a forest park in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Angel of Kuskovo

This angel crowns the Church of the Merciful Saviour (built in 1737—1739), the domestic church at Kuskovo, the estate of the Sheremetev family. The current sculpture, mounted on the top of the church cupola, is an aluminum replica of the original figure casted and installed in 1983.

Mavra Petrova, Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
The figure of an angel with the cross mounted on the top of the Church of the Merciful Saviour. Late 1730s, the replica of 1983.

New Building of the Trinity Church in Korolyov

The Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity in Korolyov is a relatively young church: its parish was founded in 1999 and soon the construction of the “small” church building of wood started. It was finished in 2003.


Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast.
A fragment of the gate and the bell tower of the new building of the church.

In 2005 the foundation of the new (“large”) church of bricks was laid. The works lasted rather long, about 10 years, and were completed in 2015 when Metropolitan Juvenaly carried out the Great Consecration of the church.

VDNKh. Pavilion No 26 Transport of the USSR

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. Pavilion No. 26 Transport of the USSR.
The pavilion was built in 1937, in 1954 it was reconstructed and assumed its the current external appearance.
The pavilion was more than once renamed: in 1937—1938 it was the pavilion Cereals, in 1938—1954 — Cotton, in 1954—1955 — Agriculture, in 1956—1957 — Geology, Petroleum, Chemistry, in 1958—1966 — Chemical Industry.

The Italian House

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. Kuskovo. The Italian House. 1754—1755.
A view from south.
The house was built by the Russian architect Yuri Kologrivov (1692(?) — 1754) in the style of a seenteenth-century Italian villa; features of the West-European Rococo and the early Classicism are embodied in the building.
The Italian House was used as "the palace for small receptions", as well it served as a kind of private museum, where Sheremetevs, the owners of Kuskovo, kept and showed their collection of atrworks.

Nymphs of the Admiralty

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
Sea Nymphs Carrying the Celestial Sphere by Feodosy Shchedrin (1751–1825).
Tufa (the Pudost stone). 1812.
The sculptural composition is located at the central tower of the Admiralty Building (Saint Petersburg),
the left of the main entrance.
Address: Russia, Санкт-Петербург, Адмиралтейский проезд, д. 1.

Weapons of the Revolution

Photographs of weapons exhibited before the Central Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia in Moscow (the former Central Museum of the Revolution).

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A de Bange 155 mm long cannon modèle 1877. France.
In 1917, during the Moscow Bolshevik Uprising, the cannon was used by the Lefortovo Detachment of the Moscow Red Guards.

Painted Snuffbox in the VDNKh

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh. Pavilion No. 35 Tobacco. General view. 1954. Architect V. N. Kondratiev.
Until the early 1990s the pavilion was used as a model tobacco shop. Now (2016) the building is in private ownership and used as a café.
Address: Russia, Москва, Проспект Мира, д. 119, стр. 35.

New Housing Estates in Korolyov.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast.
The Status housing estate. 2014.
Address: Russia, Московская обл., г. Королёв, пр-т Королёва, д. 5Д.

Two Vostoks

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo → Moscow. VDNKh. The full-scale model of the Vostok 8K72K1 carrier rocket installed before Pavilion No. 32—34 Cosmos and Mechanical Engineering.		Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo → Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. The full-scale model of the Vostok-2M (8A292M)1 carrier rocket installed as a monument in 1995 on the territory of the RSC Energia. A view from the square before the main entrance check-point of the RSC Energia.

References:
1. The versions are given according the report of Aleksey Kalinovsky on the forum of the journal News of Cosmonautics («Новости космонавтики», in Russian).

Это сообщение на русском языке →

VDNKh. Pavilion No. 36 Produce Processing Industry

This post is the first of a prospected series of reports devoted to the VDNKh — the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia.


Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. VDNKh (the Exhibition of Achievements of the People's Economy). Pavilion No. 36 Produce Processing Industry.
Architects Piotr Revyakin and Yuri Sheverdyaev. 1954, reconstructed in 1974—1975 by Yu. Sheverdyaev.
Address: Russia, Москва, Проспект Мира, д. 119, д. 36.