Building the Churches of Kievan Russia

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Building the Churches of Kievan RussiaAuthor(s): Pavel A. Rappoport\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Variorum\nISBN-13: 9780860783275, 978-0860783275\nSynopsis\nThis work is the first systematic study of how monumental buildings were constructed in medieval Russia. It deals specifically with ecclesiastical architecture, but also discusses such secular architecture, palaces or towers. In scope the book covers the territory of the Kievan state and the principalities that succeeded it, from the 10th century to the 13th century. Pavel Aleksandrovich Rappoport was the author of many of the standard works on the architectural history of Russia, whether monumental, military or domestic. He was also a leading archaeologist. In Building the Churches of Kievan Russia his aim is to investigate how people went about building them: from brickmaking and lime-firing to the roofing and decoration, from how the churches were laid out to how much bric.