title: The Interior of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in the 19th century: metamorphoses of symbolic message
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metadata.value: Lyubeznikov, Oleg Anatolievich
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metadata.value: 2022-11-15T12:04:32Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-11-15T12:04:32Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-03
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metadata.value: Lyubeznikov O. A. The Interior of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in the 19th century: metamorphoses of symbolic message. Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana, 2022, vol. 1 (31), pp. 195–210.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu19.2022.112
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38587
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article discusses the process of changing the symbolic meaning of the interior of St. Isaac’s
  Cathedral in St. Petersburg during the 19th century. The cathedral, built according to the design of the French
  architect O. Montferrand, dedicated to St. Isaac of Dalmatia, whose memorial day coincided with the date of
  birth of Peter the Great, symbolically substantiated the idea of the inseparable unity of Orthodoxy and the
  monarchy with its interior decoration. The symbolic message of the interior of the temple corresponded
  to the ideological program of the reign of Nicholas I. The paintings, mosaics, reliefs decorating the cathedral
  contained images of saints named after members of the Romanov dynasty. The symbolic connection between
  representatives of the imperial family and those depicted saints was emphasized in documents about building
  works and in the official description of the cathedral. Referring to archival and published sources the author
  of the article set his goal to trace whether and why this «reading» of the interior changed. The process of gradual
  extinction of the model of interpretation proposed by Montferrand correlated with changes in the system of
  managing the cathedral. While all the work in the interior of the cathedral was controled of the Ministry of the
  Interior, the image of the memorial church of the Romanov dynasty remained inviolable. The assassination
  of Alexander II and the unfolding rivalry between various groups of government conservatives led
  to a revision of the system of managing the cathedral, to the emergence of an Economic Administration
  controlled by the Holy Synod and strengthening the role of the rector and clergy in the design of the temple.
  Occurring in the 1880s–1890s changes in the interior of the cathedral (the appearance of new icons, banners)
  more and more corresponded to its purely church interpretation and, apparently, reflected (at that time the
  still emerging, latent) demarcation between the Orthodox Church and the Russian autocracy.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 21-48-04402 «Saints and heroes
  from Christianization to Nationalism: Symbol, Image, Memory (Nord-West Russia, Baltic and Nordic
  countries)».
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Volume 31; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: St. Isaac’s Cathedral
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: symbolic policy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nicholas I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: O. Montferrand
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: E. V. Bogdanovich
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interpretation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cultural studies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Interior of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in the 19th century: metamorphoses of symbolic message
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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