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Figure 23: Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod, Russia, portions of which date from 1045-52.
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Cathedral of Saint Sophia

cathedral, Novgorod, Russia

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  • James Paine and Robert Adam: Kedleston Hall
    In Western architecture: Kievan Rus and Russia

    …of Novgorod began with the cathedral of St. Sophia. It was built in 1045–52, replacing a wooden, 13-dome church of the same name. The new cathedral followed its Kievan namesake in plan, but the divergences from the Byzantine pattern are quite apparent; it has double aisles but only three apses.…

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