Russian Revival architecture

Russian Revival architecture

Top: The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour from Moscow (original built 1839–1860, dynamited in 1931, rebuilt 1994–2000); Centre: The Igumnov House from Moscow (1883–1893); Bottom: The Timiryazev Museum from Moscow (1892–1905)
Years active	Mid-19th – early 20th century

The Russian Revival style^[a] comprises a number of different movements within Russian architecture that arose in the second quarter of the 19th century and was an eclectic melding of Byzantine elements (Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire) and pre-Petrine (Old Russian) architecture.

Russian Revival architecture arose within a framework of renewed interest in national architectures which occurred in Europe during the 19th century, and it is an interpretation and stylization of the Russian architectural heritage. Sometimes, Russian Revival architecture is often erroneously called Russian or Old-Russian architecture, but the majority of Revival architects did not directly reproduce the old architectural tradition. Being instead a skilful stylization, the Russian Revival style was consecutively combined with other international styles, from the architectural romanticism of first half of the 19th century to the style moderne.
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