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Today at the State Historical Museum opens anniversary exhibition of the photographer Vitaly Mikhailovich Rudchenko . Exhibition " Provincial Archives " is dedicated to the architectural monuments of the two areas of the Upper - Kostroma and Yaroslavl , whose cultural heritage is rich and diverse .

VITALIJj Rudchenko Kostroma region . Trifonich ( Bahdanava ) . Kostroma region . Manor AF Vitov . The main house . 1905 . Architect AA Galetskiy Source : shm.ru

VITALIJj Rudchenko Kostroma region . Nicholas Chudtsy . Bui District - Church of St. Nicholas . 1808 Source : shm.ru

Almost half a century studying and filming architecture Russian province Rudchenko Vitaly created a unique archive , numbering hundreds of thousands of negatives. The overwhelming majority of pictures taken in 1970 -90- ies. Since then, much of what has managed to capture the photographer turned lost : rural temples were abandoned and disappeared were in their beautiful iconostasis and estates, already dwells in a dilapidated condition , did not survive to the present day. And pictures Rudchenko often remain the only evidence of the existence and priceless these buildings .

Rudchenko Vitaly M. (born in 1949 in Kiev ) , art education graduated from the department of art history and theory of the historical faculty of MSU im. University. To choose a profession dramatically affected his acquaintance in 1964 with an outstanding scientist , architect - restorer Peter Dmitrievich Baranovsky , founder of the museum and the Kolomenskoye Museum. Andrei Rublev Andronicus monastery. In the 1960s , when a wave of demolition of churches, this middle-aged man was the initiator and the main fighter for the salvation of architectural monuments from physical destruction. Largely under the influence of specialization determined Baranovsky future art critic - history and iconography of monumental painting .

VITALIJj Rudchenko Kostroma region . Kluseevo . Chuhlomsky area . Manor PA Katenin . Beginning of XIX century Source : shm.ru

VITALIJj Rudchenko Kostroma region . Upper Savior . Sudislavsky area . Church of the Transfiguration . 1805 . The iconostasis of the early XIX century Source : shm.ru

Vitaly Rudchenko tied his career in architectural restoration , participated in all expeditions , collecting material for publication " Code of monuments and monumental Art of Russia " since 1998 works as a senior researcher in the department of the Collection of Monuments of the State Institute of Art .

work to identify and survey monuments provincial architecture associated with the search of abandoned buildings in remote , often hard to reach areas of the Russian heartland , the consciousness that it is unlikely someone will breathe into them a second life , formed a style photos Vitaly Rudchenko - objectively scientific, technical excellence and alien to external effects . All "artistic" means of expression - attempts to bring the beauty of dying or losing enthusiasm - have been removed from these images in order to in the first place came the monument itself . But at the same time, these discreet black-and- white photographs of incredible joy permeates the discoverer. Admiration artistic quality monument stronger horror ruin , and his interest in historical uniqueness does not allow to look at him indifferently .

Source : Press Release SHM