01 · Seal
Russia
The Russian Federation is the modern state. Medieval Rus is a survey subject whose inheritance is contested. This room does not award that past to one capital.
An original geometric mark for this room. It is not a historical seal, a flag, or an artifact. The opening is a film. Its credit is on the frame.
A view of Red Square in Moscow. CC BY-SA 3.0, deror_avi. Twelve seconds, silent. A place. A present-day war is not narrated here. CC BY-SA 3.0 · deror_avi
02 · Founding
Founding
Surveys describe a medieval polity often called Rus, centered for a time at Kyiv, and later power gathering around Moscow. Which modern country inherits that story is argued by historians and by states. Both readings stay open.
This is interpretation, not a verdict.
The Moscow Kremlin. A photograph. Medieval Rus and this building are not the same claim, and this page does not award that past. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Quistnix
03 · Peak
Peak
The tsarist empire and the Soviet Union are both called heights of power, by different measures. Choosing one is interpretation.
No border or reign is stated.
Saint Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square. A photograph of the building. Not a border. CC BY-SA 3.0 · CandiottiGiorgio
04 · Object
Devotional icon
The Metropolitan Museum of Art calls this a Russian devotional icon of the 19th century, copper alloy and enamel. The century and the culture line are the museum’s. Medieval Rus is not awarded to one capital on this page.
The icon is not a border, and it is not a verdict about the federation.
Devotional icon. Russian, 19th century, in the Met’s date line. Gift of Percy Stickney Grant, 1918. The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Open Access · public domain
05 · Turning
Turning
Revolution, the Soviet state, and that state's end are survey topics. Conquest and forced movement appear in those centuries, as they do in other empires. A present-day war is not narrated in this stub.
No campaign, decree, or present conflict is stated.
Red Square in Moscow. A recent photograph of the square. A present-day war is not narrated on this plate. CC BY 4.0 · Vyacheslav Argenberg
06 · To the present
To the present
The Russian Federation is the modern country this seal names. How it holds power, and how neighbors describe that power, is contested. The page does not brief a side.
No constitution or office is stated.
Earth, from the International Space Station. The film is not a map of the Russian Federation. The modern state is named in the text. How it holds power stays contested. NASA · public domain