Russia Experience » architecture http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk Trans-Siberian Railway Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:10:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 Real Deal Russia http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/russian-architecture/ http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/russian-architecture/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:10:13 +0000 http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/?p=5802 Modernity and authenticity, each often existing at the expense of the other, are uncomfortable bedfellows. The new invariably pushes out the old, or, at best, sits incongruously and mismatched beside it. I’m referring to architecture, of course, but it could equally apply to modes of living, n...

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]]> http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/russian-architecture/feed/ 0 Trips and Tales (Part 49) http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/city-of-tomsk-in-siberia/ http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/city-of-tomsk-in-siberia/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:00:23 +0000 http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/?p=1335 Moving eastwards to Tomsk in the Siberian region: the history of the origins of the city, its evolution over the centuries and some of the key factors as an urban centre. ...

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]]> http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/trips-and-tales-part-30/feed/ 0 Trips and Tales (Part 29) http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/trips-and-tales-part-29/ http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/trips-and-tales-part-29/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:00:22 +0000 http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/?p=865 Continuing the roundup of Moscow's cathedrals, with Kazan Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles and Yelokhovo Cathedral. ...

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]]> http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/musings-on-lost-tradition/feed/ 0 Trips and Tales (Part 28) http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/trips-and-tales-part-28/ http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/trips-and-tales-part-28/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:00:25 +0000 http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/blog/?p=853 A post on the history and design of the Cathedral of the Dormition, located in Moscow's Kremlin. ...

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