State Historical Museum of Russia: Overall three-quarter view, facade facing Red Square

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posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

Shervud's most famous building is the Historical Museum (engineer A. A. Semyonov) on Red Square. Its multi-turretted composition and picturesque silhouette have become a vital part of Moscow's main square. The museum was founded in 1872 by Ivan Zabelin, Aleksey Uvarov and several other Slavophiles interested in promotion of Russian history and national self-awareness. Its interiors were intricately decorated in the Russian Revival style by such artists as Viktor Vasnetsov, Henrik Semiradsky, and Ivan Aivazovsky. The museum went through a painstaking restoration of its original appearance between 1986 and 1997.

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Gosudarstvennyy Istoricheskiy Muzey

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-05

Spatial Coverage

+55.755278+37.617778|Moscow, Rossiya, Russia: between Red Square and Manege Square|Moscow

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Nineteenth century', 'neo-Russian Style']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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