sites in 1795 Kiev

[KatarinaPeitlova]

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From: "Sara Dickinson" <sara_dickinson at VIRGILIO.IT>
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Subject: [SEELANGS] sites in 1795 Kiev


Dear Colleagues,

I am translating a Russian text from 1795 that refers vaguely to few
sites in Kiev that are unfamiliar to me and wondered if any of you could
help.

(1) Mention is made of the site on a steep hill where St. Andrei erected
his cross. Presumably this is at or near St. Andrei's Church, although
no mention of the church is made. Was there a competing site in 1795?
Andrejevska cerkov  byla postroena na Andrejevskoj gore na ruinax prezhnej.
K 1753 godu  cerkov' Andreja Pervozvannogo byla gotova,zhdali priezda
Elizavety. Ee vizit byl otlozhen,a pozzhe tak i ne sostojalsja.
Novopostrojennyj xram stojal neosvjaschennyj ,bez riznicy,bez kolokolov,za
chto v gorode cerkov' poluchila  prozvanie  "bezzvonnaja". V avguste 1767ee
osvjatil  kievskij mitropolit  Arsenij Mogiljanskij.
(2) From that spot, the eyes "wander down and look  at the golden Angel
pouring water from a silver vessel." What are they looking at? Does this
perhaps refer to a sculpture or a painting?
- to sculpture -
Ikonostas - velichestvennyj,trexjarusnyj,v centre kotorogo,nad karnizom
vtorogo jarusa pomescheno simvolicheskoe "vsevidjascheje oko" v vide
kartusha,treugol'nika i korony.Sprava i sleva ot nego - dva gracioznych
angela,slovno parjaschije v vozduxe.Esche dva,podobnyje im,-chut' nizhe ,na
frontone pervogo jarusa,kazhetsja ,gotovy sijusekundno  vzletet' v
nebesa.Trudno poverit',chto figuryvyrezany iz dereva. Obilije derevjannoj
skul'ptury - odno iz otlichij xudozhestvennogo  oformlenija inter'era
Andreevskoj cerkvi.
(3) And what about nuns? Was there a convent in Kiev that was
particularly well known? Perhaps in that area of town and decorated with
a golden Angel?
Byl Janchin Monastyr'
V Drevnej Rusi pervyj xram v chest' Andreja Pervozvannogo byl postroen v
Kieve synom Jaroslava Mudrogo velikim kn'azem Vsevolodom  Jaroslavichem -
dlja docheri knjaz'a Anny (Janki),kotoraja sobiralas' v moshestvo,otkuda
poshlo nazvanie obiteli - Andreevskij Janchin monastyr'. - na Andreevskoj
gorke

 Best wishes,

Katarina Peitlova,PhDr.
Italy
Thank you kindly for any leads.

Best,
Sara


Prof. Sara Dickinson
Sezione di Slavistica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Comunicazione Linguistica e Culturale
Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
Università degli Studi di Genova

corso Firenze 32/11
16136 Genoa, Italy
39-010-213210
sara_dickinson at mac.com
sara_dickinson at virgilio.it

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