Russian Nationality Room

July 8, 1938

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Title
Russian Nationality Room
Creator
Unknown
Date
July 8, 1938
Identifier
RUCR01.UA
Description
The Russian Room reflects the Eastern Byzantine influences on Russian art and religion. The tapestry in the background is called a vishivka, and is made out of 16th and 17th century fabrics. The tapestry shows St. George, Moscow's patron saint, slaying a dragon. In the upper right hand of the vishivka, one can see the hand of God emerging to protect St. George. The Russian Room was dedicated on July 8, 1938. This room, along with twenty five other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Place of Publication
Oakland
Type
still image
Subject
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
University of Pittsburgh.
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Nationality Rooms.
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Russian Room.
Geographic Subjects
Oakland
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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