The Church of Elijah the Prophet

Produced by: Yaroslavl State University. Yaroslavl Centre of New Information Technologies (YarCNIT), Scientific-Technological Program for the Humanities "Yaroslavia"

Description:

Multimedia CD-ROM “The Church of Elijah the Prophet” contains information about the outstanding monument of Russian Culture of the 17^th century, which has played a significant role in the development of Yaroslavl architectural and painting school. Disc includes the set of multimedia excursions ordered from the original interface, devoted to the church architecture, main topics and particularities of the frescoes, icons and iconostasis, and also to restoration history. The church is presented by more than 260 modern and unique old photos. The disc presents unique video clips of the places closed for public access today. The content part of the CD-ROM was prepared and edited by researchers of the Yaroslavl Museum - Preserve of History and Architecture.

The church was built in 1647-1650 on the site of two stone temples at the account of the richest local merchants, brothers the Skripins. Initially it was situated on the territory of their estate. Yet, after Yaroslavl reconstruction under the Regular Plan of 1778 the Church of Elijah the Prophet became a centre of the administrative square, one of the main architectural installations of the town.

The Church of Elijah the Prophet is a real treasury of ancient Russian art that enshrines the memory of the talent of many best masters: architects, painters, smiths, goldsmiths and carvers. As to the architectural forms, wall painting and composition of icons, the temple of Elijah belongs to the most expressive and perfect architectural ensembles of the 17th century. It is one of the Yaroslavl monuments preserved most entirely and well. In 1898 - 1904 the Church of Elijah the Prophet has undergone large-scale restoration works at the account of I.A. Vakhromeyev. Since 1920 the temple is open as a museum. Nowadays the Church of Elijah the Prophet is the most popular and attractive temple-museum among tourists and town guests.

Operating system Microsoft Windows 95,98,NT4 (SP3),2000
Microsoft Windows Media Player v.6.4 or later. (If this component is not installed, installation program will setup this software.)
Codec Intel Indeo v.5.11 or later (If this component is not installed, installation program will setup this software.)
Intel Pentium 166 or higher processor
24 MB RAM (minimum) 32 Mb (preferable)
4-x CD-ROM drive or faster
Microsoft compatible 16-bit sound card
Microsoft Mouse or compatible device
PCI/AGP display adapter with 1Mb video memory or better.
Graphic resolution 800*600 dots with High Color (65 536 colors) or higher.