Olga Silina and Yana Shemyakova, research officers of the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes, took part in the conference “History and Culture of the Rostov Land” marking the 170th anniversary of birth of A.A. Titov. It was organized by the State Museum-Reserve “Rostov Kremlin” (the Yaroslavl region). The conference was opened on November 10 and would last for 3 days.
Specialists of Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Vologda, the Yaroslavl, the Kaluga regions and even the Czech Republic came to Rostov. Most of the reports were about the ancient manuscripts, monuments of history, art and archeology of the Rostov region. Some of the speakers told about the historical and cultural heritage of other regions. The research officers of the Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes participated in the first day of the conference. Olga Silina reported about the frescoes in the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral and Yana Shemaykova - about the semantic concept of the Prophet’s range in the Russian iconostasis by the example of the 15th-century icons from the collection of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve.
