The village emerged as a leading center of Russian icon- and mural-painting in the nineteenth century.

Russian icons spread the length of the wall.

Malyavin was disappointed to learn that they only made copies of Russian icons.

Russian icons are typically paintings on wood, often small, though some in churches and monasteries may be much larger.

There was a time when the old Russian icon was not appreciated as a masterpiece of world culture.

Then the background would have contained more gold, so it was rather like a Russian icon.

The room opposite appeared to be filled with Russian icons.

His face seemed illuminated, shining against a dark background like one of those medieval Russian icons.

On the north wall there is a Russian Orthodox icon, painted in 1908.

It has a collection of Russian icons and works by various artists and painters.