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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Russian Revival architecture 29
Russian Revival canonical 23
Neo-Russian style 5

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 ⓘ
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 (58)

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

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Fabergé egg → style → Russian Revival ⓘ
Armoury Chamber → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Troitskaya Tower → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Byzantine Revival → relatedTo → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Church on Spilled Blood → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Archimandrite Ignaty → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Russian style
Archimandrite Ignaty → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Russian Revival → hasAlternativeName → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Russian style
Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Empire style → influenced → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Empire style
Alexandrowka colony → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
St. Michael’s Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Abramtsevo Estate → associatedWithMovement → Russian Revival ⓘ
Abramtsevo Estate → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Abramtsevo Estate → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Russian style
GUM department store → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Resurrection Gate → hasArchitecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
House of Fabergé → style → Russian Revival ⓘ
Kremlin Armoury → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Senate Tower of the Moscow Kremlin → hasArchitecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg (associated site) → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
subject surface form: Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Alfred Parland → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Alfred Parland → style → Russian Revival ⓘ
Konstantin Thon → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Konstantin Thon → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Vladimir Palace → hasInteriorStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Towers of the Moscow Kremlin → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Moskovsky Rail Terminal → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Annunciation Monastery (Nizhny Novgorod) → hasArchitecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Nizhny Novgorod) → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Ivan Bilibin → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
Uspenski Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Alexey Shchusev → style → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Alexey Shchusev → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
Viktor Hartmann → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
Viktor Hartmann → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Ivan Ropet (Ivan Petrovich Kuznetsov, pseudonym) → movement → Russian Revival ⓘ
subject surface form: Ivan Ropet
Ivan Ropet (Ivan Petrovich Kuznetsov, pseudonym) → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
subject surface form: Ivan Ropet
State Historical Museum, Moscow → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Zenkov Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
Feodorovsky Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Church of the Resurrection of Christ → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
subject surface form: Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Foros)
Catherine Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Cantor Church → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Revival architecture
Yaroslavsky railway station, Moscow → architecturalStyle → Russian Revival ⓘ