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Seal Ring V-VI century Metropolitan Museum of ArtWatch ca1600 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silver XIV century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kees Engelbarts watchVintage Russian Molnija St. George Dragon Double Eagle Pocket Watch
Yaroslav Tutaev – Bell Foundry Russian Pocket Watch
Sofia (Bulgaria)
Tilman Riemenschneider (1460 - 1531) Saint George Slaying the Dragon - 1490 Museum für Byzantinische Kunst Berlin
Tilman Riemenschnei-der (1460 - 1531) Saint George Slaying the Dragon - 1490 Museum für Byzantinische Kunst Berlin
Small town of Taybeh near Bethlehem
Sevastopol Victory Park. Crimean Peninsula
Sevastopol Victory ParkThe main attraction of the park is Trytstsatsimetrovaya column topped by a bronze figure of St. George, created by the sculptor V. Klykova
Sevastopol Victory ParkSt. George, created by the sculptor V. Klykova
Moscow region 2010Sculptor A. Selivanov and E. Ovchinnikov
The Orthodox Gonfaloniers Union calls blasphemous the project of Moscow canalization manholes depicting St. George
The series includes ten covers dedicated to one of the main Moscow symbols - St. George the Victory-Bearer. The Art Lebedev Studio reports that design of the manholes covered was ordered by the Industry, Housing and Utilities Department.
Moscow Monument in the Kremlin Installed on the dome of the Senate Small Palace
Moscow in the courtyard of the Military Artists Studio them. M.B.GrekovAuthor - sculptor Alexander Studios Taratynov
Moscow The stele with the sculpture of St. George - Monument to fallen police officers
Moscow
Moscow square in front of the Riga Station,Monument to all Moscow train stations2014
Moscow park Muzeon (opposite Gorky Park) Sculptor Boris Petrovich Ulyanov 2005
Moscow Komsomolskaya Square sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov
Moscow Komsomolskaya Square sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov
Moscow “Svyatogor” Hard stone carving studio2014Author: Ivan GolubevMaterials: pyrite, moss agate, jasper, marble, Belarus flint, agate, chalcedony, grey quartzite, fossilised wood, flint, red jasper, Shaytan agate, smoky quartz, metalDimensions: 70 × 63 × 65.5 cm
Moscow Manezhnaya or Manege Square, Glass cupola crowned by a statue of Saint George, holy patron of Moscow
The centerpiece of the refurbished square is a four-story underground shopping mall and parking lot, surmounted by a rotating glass cupola, which forms a world clock of the Northern hemisphere with major cities marked and a scheme of lights below each panel to show the progression of the hour.
The glass cupola crowned by a statue of Saint George, holy patron of Moscow.Tsereteli supervised reconstruction of Manege square.He was author of St. George Victorious monument
The Victory Park and the
Square of Victors are
important parts of the outdoor
museum in Moscow
Poklonnaya Gora.
In 1990s an obelisk was added with a
statue of Nike and a
monument of St George slaying
the dragon, both designed
by Zurab Tsereteli
The obelisk's height is
exactly 141,8 meters, which is 10 cm for every day of
the War.
Moscow Victory Park Poklonnaya Hill St-George Slaying Dragon Obelisk
Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli (born 1934) is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments
Tsereteli has served as the President of the Russian Academy of Arts since 1997
The statue of St. George on a granite podium at the foot of 141.8 meter (465 feet) obelisk, which stands on the main square of the Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill and symbolizes the 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. For a long time George has been seen as the protector of Orthodox warriors in Russia.
In addition, St. George is the symbol of the city of Moscow.
A golden-domed Orthodox church was erected on the hilltop in 1993-95
Moscow Church of Saint George in Poklonnaya HillTo mark the 50th anniversary of the Victory the temple of Saint George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill was installed. It is reminiscent of the main commander of the Second World Georgy Zhukov, whose heavenly patron was St. George. The temple was consecrated on May 9, 1995.
Bas-relief of George the
Victorious on Church of St George on Poklonnaya
Hill in Moscow
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