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 Book: Hidden and Triumphant: The True Story of Russian Icons and Iconographers in the 20th Century
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During the darkest years of the Soviet Union, iconographers kept alive one of Russia's brightest lights-- the icon. The 1920s- 1930s were a time of mass arrests and executions. with churches demolished and defiled and monasteries disbanded, there was every reason to fear for the continued existence of the Church itself. This remarkable story of the survival of icons in the 20th C., is beautifully told by Irina Yazykova. Hardcover, 194pps.
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