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Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery Near Moscow

2008-1812
Accession Number
2008-1812
2.75x4
Black & White
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NAID 350478256
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Church buildings
Historic buildings
Monasteries
HST Keywords
Russia; Soviet Union
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Description
Exterior view of what is believed to be the Smolenskaya Church located within the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery in the town of Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk) just northeast of Moscow, Russia. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although photo is not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. Thayer mentions visit in his December 5, 1955 diary entry.
Date(s)
December 5, 1955