About the book: year / "Old Russian icons painted on wood have come down to us in huge quantities: Russian museums, for example the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Church-Archaeological the museum in Kyiv contains extensive collections of them; there are quite a few of them in other metropolitan and provincial museums, public and private; in every ancient church they are found in the iconostasis; often found in shrines of private individuals. Due to this abundance of monuments alone, as well as due to their diversity, icons provide extensive material for artistic and archaeological research.…»