Show all images on one page	#005933 Title: The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Artist: Puchkov Alexey Size: 32x26.5x13 Size (inches): 12.5x10.5x5 Price : $4200 SOLD!

This large box is a creation of talented and well-known Fedoskino artist Alexey Puchkov. Alexey continuing the business of his father-Peter Puchkov, who was world-known Master, famous of his architectural and landscape compositions.
The monastery was founded in 1345 by one of the most venerated Russian saints, Sergius of Radonezh, who built a wooden church in honour of the Holy Trinity on Makovets Hill. Early development of the monastic community is well documented in contemporary lives of Sergius and his disciples.
In 1355, Sergius introduced a charter which required the construction of auxiliary buildings, such as refectory, kitchen, and bakery. This charter was a model for Sergius' numerous followers who founded more than 400 cloisters all over Russia, including the celebrated Solovetsky, Kirilov, and Simonov monasteries.
St. Sergius supported Dmitri Donskoi in his struggle against the Tatars and sent two of his monks, Peresvet and Oslyabya, to participate in the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). At the outbreak of the battle, Peresvet died in a single combat against a Tatar bogatyr. The monastery was devastated by fire, when a Tatar unit raided the area in 1408.
The box is made of paper-mache, has signed with the artist mane and the name of the work.