Open Access"Rosyjskie Wilno" Andrzeja Murawjowa
Author(s) -
Anna Kościółek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta polono-ruthenica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-0844
pISSN - 1427-549X
DOI - 10.31648/apr.2820
Subject(s) - chapel , brother , christianity , state (computer science) , art , classics , history , theology , religious studies , philosophy , art history , law , political science , algorithm , computer science
The article is an attempt to present the impressions of Andrey Muraviev, religious writer, theologian, poet, playwright, church and state activist, from his stay in Vilnius in 1863, on the basis of his work entitled The Russian Vilnius. It consists of six essays on Vilnius religious monuments: the Chapel of Our Lady of Ostra Brama, St. Paraskeva Orthodox church, Orthodox cathedral of Our Most Holy Lady, Orthodox church of translation of St Nicholas’ relics, Holy Trinity cathedral, Holy Spirit church and monastery complex. The author was only interested in monuments which would document the city’s connections to Russia and Orthodox Christianity. His reflections might be considered as a literary justification for the program of Russification of the north-west country, developed by the writer’s brother, Mikhail, who went down in Polish historical memory as Veshatiel.