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    Icons and Wars: Some Examples from the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878
    (Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025) Nikolov, Angel
    This article discusses the topic of the journey and fate of icons during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The personal involvement of Emperor Nicholas I in the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in 1828 (and especially in the events of the siege and capture of Varna) is discussed not only as a reason for the high reputation of the Russian ruler among the Bulgarians, but also as a reason for the popularity of images of this emperor and his son. The importance of Emperor Alexander II’s presence in the theatre of battle, his and the heir to the throne’s donations of bells, icons, entire iconostases and utensils to the churches of various towns and villages in Bulgaria are also commented on. For the first time, several icons that were presented during the war by church hierarchs and monasteries to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army Nicholas Nikolayevich are published – today these objects of art are kept in the Regional Military History Museum in Pleven.
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    Intercultural and Visual Art Transfer in Central Europe and the Balkans. Ruthenian-Ukrainian and Romanian Art from the 15th to the Early 19th Century
    (Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca; Editura Muzeului Național al Unirii, Alba Iulia, 2023)
    The book is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant RICONTRANS editorial programme (grant agreement no. 818791) and contains 11 studies on cultural and artistic transfers between the former Polish-Lithuanian Community and the Romanian territories (Moldova, Muntenia and Transylvania).
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    Russian Icons from Transylvania. Exhibition Catalogue
    (Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca; Editura Muzeului Național al Unirii, Alba Iulia, 2023)
    The book contains the catalogue of the exhibition of Russian icons from Transylvania, Romania, organized in Alba Iulia in June-August 2023, together with a series of studies by Ana Dumitran, Ilya Borovikov, Dumitrița-Daniela Filip, Atanasia Văetiși and Cristina Cojocaru, on the transfer of Russian mass icons to Romanian territories and on their restoration.
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    The Transfer of Icons and Religious Objects From the Russian Empire To Serbian Communities
    (Center for Visual Culture of the Balkans, Faculty of Philosophy-University of Belgrade & Institute for Mediterranean Studies/Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Rethymno, 2025)
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    Icoane ruseşti, ţărani răsculaţi şi politică protecţionistă în Imperiul Habsburgic la 1784-1785
    (Karl A. Romstorfer, Suceava, 2024) Dumitran, Ana
    In the days immediately following the start of Horea's Uprising, three Russian icon merchants were arrested in the Aiud fair, suspected of being among those who had incited the peasants to revolt. Some of the icons that might have been sold at the time are in the collection of the Alba Iulia Museum. Their research followed rumours that merchants were distributing their wares with the announcement of an imminent Russian attack and that anyone who could not show such icons to prove they were a true Christian would be killed. The inquiry ordered by Emperor Joseph II after the suppression of the rebellion confirmed the clever marketing of the Russian merchants, who were banned from entering the Empire from 28 July 1785. In the following years, glass painting - a craft that was just taking off in the central provinces of the Habsburg Empire - would conquer the eyes of every Transylvanian Romanian, while cheap Russian icons would invade the Romanian village world outside the Carpathians.