Nadiya Nikitenko
Biographic Data
| ID | 10148730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nadiya Nikitenko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nadiya |
| FAMILY NAME | Nikitenko |
| SIGNATURE | NIKITENKO N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Society |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8524-3313 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Princely Portrait in Sophia of Kyiv in the Patch of History
The article is devoted to the princely family portrait in Saint Sophia of Kyiv, studied by the author. This is the largest fresco in the cathedral, located on three walls of the central nave. It depicts the ceremonial entrance of the family of the Grand Prince of Kyiv into the church.In antiquity, the fresco originally depicted ten figures: the prince and princess on the central western wall, and eight of their children on the southern and northe…
Graffiti of “Olisava Group” and the Autograph of the King of Norway Hakon Eiriksson in St. Sophia of Kyiv
The article is devoted to the graffiti inscription on the pillar of the northern choirs of St. Sophia of Kyiv, determined in science as an autograph of the unknown Varangian Yakun. The graffiti is a part of the integrated cycle of eight inscriptions. The head inscription among them is the one made by the Rus princess Olisava, who was not mentioned in the sources. She was traditionally identified in science as the mother of Svyatopolk II (1096‒111…
The Truth of History in the Graffiti on the Fresco of St. Sophia of Kyiv
The article, in the context of the author’s proposal of new dating of St. Sophia of Kyiv to the years of 1011–1018, focuses on the conceptual problem of the apogee of the development of ancient Rus-Ukraine. It is argued that this historical phenomenon is characteristic of the era of Volodymyr the Great, rather than Yaroslav the Wise, which was only a “weakened copy” of his father’s reign. To support this argument, the article analyzes the oldest …
Prince’s Trident on Frescoes and Graffiti of St. Sophia of Kyiv
The article, for the first time in academic research, puts and comprehensively considers a unique phenomenon of picturing seven images stylized under the lily of the prince’s tridents of Volodymyr on the frescoes and graffiti of St. Sophia of Kyiv, which elucidates the time of the cathedral construction and its prince-builder. They are singled out as separate compositions, “inserted” in the center of large narrative scenes of the religious and se…
Teratological Plot of the Ornament in the South Tower of St. Sophia of Kyiv
St. Sophia of Kyiv, built in 1011‒1018 at the turn of the reigns of Volodymyr the Great and Yaroslav the Wise, has preserved a large number of unique secular frescoes. Their customer was Volodymyr, who owns the idea of the temple, which is reflected in the mosaics and frescoes. A triumphal fresco cycle is unfolding in the two stair towers which, according to the Byzantine tradition, glorifies its customer. The frescoes tell about a dynastic marri…
Volodymyr the Great and Anna Porphyrogenita as “New Constantine and Helena” in the Fresco Paintings of St. Sophia of Kyiv
The Roman Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great is a symbolic figure who most fully embodies the spirit and image of Byzantium and was widely accepted by the cultural tradition of the entire Christian world. It was him who laid the foundations and determined the path of the great Christian civilization. Who was Emperor Constantine for Byzantium, so Prince Volodymyr became for Rus-Ukraine. He is glorified in olden Rus literature as “new Constant…
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Volodymyr the Great and Anna Porphyrogenita as “New Constantine and Helena” in the Fresco Paintings of St. Sophia of Kyiv
The Roman Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great is a symbolic figure who most fully embodies the spirit and image of Byzantium and was widely accepted by the cultural tradition of the entire Christian world. It was him who laid the foundations and determined the path of the great Christian civilization. Who was Emperor Constantine for Byzantium, so Prince Volodymyr became for Rus-Ukraine. He is glorified in olden Rus literature as “new Constant…
Teratological Plot of the Ornament in the South Tower of St. Sophia of Kyiv
St. Sophia of Kyiv, built in 1011‒1018 at the turn of the reigns of Volodymyr the Great and Yaroslav the Wise, has preserved a large number of unique secular frescoes. Their customer was Volodymyr, who owns the idea of the temple, which is reflected in the mosaics and frescoes. A triumphal fresco cycle is unfolding in the two stair towers which, according to the Byzantine tradition, glorifies its customer. The frescoes tell about a dynastic marri…
Prince’s Trident on Frescoes and Graffiti of St. Sophia of Kyiv
The article, for the first time in academic research, puts and comprehensively considers a unique phenomenon of picturing seven images stylized under the lily of the prince’s tridents of Volodymyr on the frescoes and graffiti of St. Sophia of Kyiv, which elucidates the time of the cathedral construction and its prince-builder. They are singled out as separate compositions, “inserted” in the center of large narrative scenes of the religious and se…
The Truth of History in the Graffiti on the Fresco of St. Sophia of Kyiv
The article, in the context of the author’s proposal of new dating of St. Sophia of Kyiv to the years of 1011–1018, focuses on the conceptual problem of the apogee of the development of ancient Rus-Ukraine. It is argued that this historical phenomenon is characteristic of the era of Volodymyr the Great, rather than Yaroslav the Wise, which was only a “weakened copy” of his father’s reign. To support this argument, the article analyzes the oldest …
Graffiti of “Olisava Group” and the Autograph of the King of Norway Hakon Eiriksson in St. Sophia of Kyiv
The article is devoted to the graffiti inscription on the pillar of the northern choirs of St. Sophia of Kyiv, determined in science as an autograph of the unknown Varangian Yakun. The graffiti is a part of the integrated cycle of eight inscriptions. The head inscription among them is the one made by the Rus princess Olisava, who was not mentioned in the sources. She was traditionally identified in science as the mother of Svyatopolk II (1096‒111…
A Princely Portrait in Sophia of Kyiv in the Patch of History
The article is devoted to the princely family portrait in Saint Sophia of Kyiv, studied by the author. This is the largest fresco in the cathedral, located on three walls of the central nave. It depicts the ceremonial entrance of the family of the Grand Prince of Kyiv into the church.In antiquity, the fresco originally depicted ten figures: the prince and princess on the central western wall, and eight of their children on the southern and northe…
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