Kizhi. Heavenly message Automatic translate

The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve presents the exhibition “Kizhi. Heavenly message." The exhibition in the Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich will unite unique icons of the “heaven” of Transonezh chapels from the collections of the Kizhi Museum-Reserve and exhibits from the collection of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve - elements associated with the phenomenon of wooden architecture and church art of the Russian North.

The exhibition consists of four sections. The first is dedicated to the lost “heaven icons” of the famous Transfiguration Church, built on the island of Kizhi in 1714. Traditionally, in northern wooden churches and chapels, a special design of ceilings is called “sky”. Each part has an independent composition and is subordinated to the overall artistic design of the ceiling. “Heaven” has been known in the Russian North since the 17th century. The exhibition focuses on a masterpiece of Russian wooden architecture that disappeared during the Great Patriotic War, a detective story about its search, and a story about a unique project to restore the monument, which is currently being carried out by specialists from the Kizhi Museum-Reserve.

The second section reveals the topic of northern architecture. The construction of wooden churches is a special direction of traditional architecture in Russia. Museum objects selected for display at the exhibition provide an opportunity to present the features of northern architecture. By the way, the architectural ensemble of the Kizhi Pogost, which includes the wooden Transfiguration Church, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The third section includes iconographic images of saints especially revered in the Russian North. The exhibition will feature icons originating from Karelia, Arkhangelsk and Vologda provinces.

The final section of the exhibition is dedicated to the only open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture in Moscow, located on the territory of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve. The idea of ​​creating it came to the architect and restorer Pyotr Baranovsky after traveling around the Russian North in the 1920s. Many of the monuments of wooden architecture he encountered were in dilapidated condition, and some were in danger of destruction. Therefore, moving to Moscow became a salvation for them. Today, the Museum of Wooden Architecture includes five monuments of the 16th–17th centuries, brought to Kolomenskoye from scientific expeditions in the Russian North and Siberia: the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious, the Moss Tower of the Sumy Fortress, the Passage Tower of the Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery, the Tower of the Bratsk Fortress and the Meadery.