Russian Revival

E51960
architectural style

Russian Revival is an architectural style that reinterprets traditional Russian medieval and folk design elements—such as onion domes, ornate facades, and colorful decoration—within later historicist and nationalist architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Russian Revival architecture 7
Neo-Russian style 3
Russian Empire style 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
aimsTo express Russian cultural and religious identity through architecture ⓘ
revive pre-Petrine Russian architectural traditions ⓘ
associatedWith Orthodox Church architecture ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian national identity ⓘ
pan-Slavism ⓘ
surface form: Slavophile movement
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
emergedInPeriod second half of the 19th century ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Russian Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Russian style

Russian Neo-Byzantine (broad cultural context, partly overlapping term) ⓘ
hasDesignElement arched window openings ⓘ
carved wooden details ⓘ
colorful exterior painting ⓘ
decorative brickwork ⓘ
icon frames and niches ⓘ
kokoshnik gable ⓘ
onion dome ⓘ
ornate facade decoration ⓘ
polychrome tilework ⓘ
tent roof (shatyor) ⓘ
hasNotableArchitect Aleksey Shchusev (some works) ⓘ
Fyodor Shekhtel (early works) ⓘ
Ivan Ropet (Ivan Petrovich Kuznetsov, pseudonym) ⓘ
Konstantin Thon ⓘ
Vasily Kosyakov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viktor Hartmann ⓘ
hasNotableExample St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia ⓘ
surface form: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia (Russian-influenced Neo-Byzantine with Russian Revival features)

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood ⓘ
surface form: Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg

State Historical Museum, Moscow ⓘ
Tretyakov Gallery (Lavrushinsky Lane main building) ⓘ
surface form: Tretyakov Gallery main building, Moscow (facade by Viktor Hartmann)

Yaroslavsky railway station, Moscow ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Old Russian church architecture ⓘ
Russian wooden folk architecture ⓘ
medieval Russian architecture ⓘ
national romanticism ⓘ
movementType historicist architecture ⓘ
nationalist architecture ⓘ
revivalist architecture ⓘ
relatedTo National Romantic style ⓘ
Byzantine Revival ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Byzantine architecture
usedFor church buildings ⓘ
museums ⓘ
private mansions ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
railway stations ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abramtsevo Estate → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Abramtsevo Estate → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Russian style
Alexandrowka colony → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Archimandrite Ignaty → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Russian style
Archimandrite Ignaty → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Armoury Chamber → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
GUM department store → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Troitskaya Tower → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Abramtsevo Estate → associatedWithMovement → Russian Revival ⓘ
Russian Revival → hasAlternativeName → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Russian style
Resurrection Gate → hasArchitecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Empire style → influenced → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Empire style
Byzantine Revival → relatedTo → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Fabergé egg → style → Russian Revival ⓘ