There’s something not only solemn, but majestic, in the beauty of church architecture. Russian churches are some of the most beautiful in the world, as you’ll discover in this photostream. It features Russian churches, both those currently in-use and those long since abandoned.

The Church in Usinks, Komi Republic, Russia



Stroganovskaya Church in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia



Uspensky Cathedral in Omsk



Nikolavsky church in Kharkov, Ukraine



Church of the Ascension in Kolomensk, Russia



Church in the Old Cemetery in Gorohovets, Russia



Smolensk Church in Suzdal, Russia



Church in Venev, Russia



Troitse-Sergieva Lavra in Sergiyev Posad, Russia



Chapel of Pyatnickij well



Church of the Savior’s Transfiguration, Zaslavl, Russia



Epiphany Church, St. Petersburg, Russia



Transfiguration Church, Gusintsy, Ukraine



Ust-Izhora Church, St. Petersburg, Russia



Nicholas Church, Kharkiv, Ukraine



Church in Zaporizhzhya Sich, Ukraine



Holy Isidorovskaya Church, st. Petersburg, Russia



Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Moscow, Russia



Monastery near Moscow, Russia



Church in Pereslavl, Russia



Church of St. Nicholas Quay, Kiev, Ukraine



Lighthouse Church in Malorechenskoye, Crimea, Ukraine



Cross Cathedral in Lesosibirsk, Russia



Borisoglebsky Monastery Near Rostov, Russia



New Jerusalem Monastery Near Moscow, Russia



Church Near Pereslavl, Russia



Church of the Archangel Michael, Russia



Smolensk Cathedral, Russia



Church in Honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Russia

