Оригинально оформленное, богато иллюстрированное подарочное издание с трехсторонним золотым обрезом. Книга вложена в твердый футляр. The war with Napoleon, known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, provoked an unprecedented growth of national consciousness in all the social strata of Russian society, which led to the revival of interest in traditional values. The new cathedral, the main place of worship in Russia, became a symbol of Russian patriotism and manifested its major national idea that had developed within Russian Orthodoxy and was inseparable from the Church. Construction of churches in commemoration of great historical events has always been a Russian national tradition. Many of these have survived to the present day. They include the Church of All Saints on Kulishki built in honour of the victory in the Kulikovo battle, the Intercession Church on Red Square commemorating the capture of Kazan, the Kazan Cathedral put up to mark the end of the Polish and...