Armenian Medieval Art and Architecture in Soviet Perception: A longue durée Sketch
abstract
The study of medieval Armenian art in the Soviet Union demonstrates a close interaction between historiography and history. Through the 70 years of the USSR’s existence, the method of studying the artistic monuments of the southern Caucasus seems to follow the large waves of the question of nation within the Soviet empire.
Keywords: Aleksej Nekrasov • Mikhail Babentchikov • Varazdat Harutyunyan • Historiograhy • Nikolay Brunov • Alexey Lidov • Medieval Armenian art and Soviet Union