Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

Categories
Special Collections > William C. Blizzard Soviet Union Photograph Collection
Subject
Photography--Soviet Union.
Photography.
Soviet Union.
Creator
Blizzard, William C., 1949-2008
Type
positive slide
Coverage - Temporal
1979
Identifier
RU1 C
Language
English
Publisher
Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
Description
A building from the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, a large monastery and center of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is was originally formed by St. Sergius of Radonezh in the 15th century and is locared in Zagorsk, which was previously known as Sergiyev and before that, Sergiyev Posad. From photographs taken by William C. Blizzard during a trip to the Soviet Union, 1979.
Rights
CC-BY-NC
When using this material, please cite William C. Blizzard Photograph Collection, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA.