Web Directory

» Architecture of Russia
   Covers both historic and modern architecture. The historic section includes a database of monuments, containing a photograph and basic information for each.
   http://www.archi.ru/

» Kizhi Open Air Museum
   The complex of historic wooden buildings on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega is a World Heritage site, protected by this state museum. Includes images, maps, and visitor information.
   http://kizhi.karelia.ru/

» Northern Fortress
   Fortresses of northwest Russia and Finland. Photographs, maps, histories, and personal observations.
   http://www.nortfort.ru/

» Old Russian Cities
   On-line exhibition by photographer Vadim Gippenreiter of masterpieces of historic architecture in Kiev, Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl, Rostov, Yaroslavl, and Kostroma.
   http://all-photo.ru/vg/index.en.html

» Ouspenie (Dormition) Cathedral, Rostov, Russia
   The official site provides an outline history and many photographs of this onion-domed church of c.1500, with its ornate interior.
   http://zvon.yaroslavl.ru/english.htm

» Sights of Russia
   Gallery of expandable thumbnail photographs of buildings in Moscow and St Petersburg, from Virtual Russia.
   http://virtualrussia.net/sights/photo.htm

» The Nostalgic Glass
   Jason Grant's photographic explorations of the ruined historical architecture of Russia and elsewhere, together with his illustrated article on the estates of Russia and what befell them, and links to related resources.
   http://nostalgicglass.org/

» Twenty Centuries of Architecture in Russia
   Jackie Craven provides a photo tour of some of the country's most important buildings, plus related links.
   http://architecture.about.com/library/weekly/aa090501a.htm

» Virtual Museum of the USSR
   An architectural project in Moscow by Olga Filippova. Preface by Vladimir Paperny. Large VRML model lets you explore it.
   http://www.artmargins.com/content/eview/filippova.html