Palekh
Palekh
Палех | |
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![]() General view of the town | |
Coordinates:56°48′0″N41°51′30″E/ 56.80000°N 41.85833°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast |
Administrative district | Palekhsky District |
Population | |
• Total | 5,337 |
Time zone | UTC+3(MSK![]() |
Postal code(s)[3] | |
OKTMOID | 24617151051 |
Palekh(Russian:Па́лех) is anurban locality(asettlement) and theadministrative centerofPalekhsky DistrictinIvanovo Oblast,Russia.Population:4,633 (2021 Census);[4]5,337 (2010 Russian census);[1]5,814 (2002 Census);[5]6,202 (1989 Soviet census).[6]
Painting
[edit]Palekh has a very long history in Russianiconography,the art of painting Russian Orthodoxiconsfor homes and churches. The village emerged as a leading center of Russian icon- and mural-painting in the 19th century.
A good example of the Palekh school are the murals and icons from the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (built in 1762–1774).
Miniature painting
[edit]Today, Palekh is known primarily for thePalekh miniature.Following theOctober Revolutionwith its outspokenatheistideology. Around 1923, the Palekh masters of iconography began to paint papier-mâché boxes while applying the same principles they had learned from painting icons. Palekh is the most renowned of the four famous villages, the others beingKholuy,Mstyora, andFedoskino,each producing similar, yet a very distinct artistic style.
Materials
[edit]They used mainly tempera paints of bright colors and painted over a black background. The work usually represents themes from real life,fairy tales,literary works, and folk songs.
References
[edit]- ^abRussian Federal State Statistics Service (2011).Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1].Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census](in Russian).Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^"Об исчислении времени".Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации(in Russian). 3 June 2011.Retrieved19 January2019.
- ^Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post).Поиск объектов почтовой связи(Postal Objects Search)(in Russian)
- ^Russian Federal State Statistics Service.Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1[2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1](XLS)(in Russian).Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^Federal State Statistics Service(21 May 2004).Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек[Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000](XLS).Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002](in Russian).
- ^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров[All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers].Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989](in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – viaDemoscope Weekly.
External links
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- Old photos of Palekh(in Russian)