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Home Editorial board Publication ethics Information Current Archive Rules for authors Contacts	DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2022.18.11.003 THE INFLUENCE OF BYZANTIUM ON CHURCH ARCHITECTURE AND ICON PAINTING Dadianova, Tamara V. Kavkaz Forum. 2022. Issue 11. Abstract: The article attempts to describe various aspects of the Byzantine influence on medieval church architecture and fine art (icon painting) of Alanian temples located in the North Caucasus. The problems of preserving this unique cultural heritage, as well as the work of restoration artists carried out in this direction, are analyzed. This problem is updated by the date of the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the Baptism of Alania, which is timed to intensify research on the Alanian Christian heritage. Since the establishment of the Alanian metropolis was carried out by Byzantium, it is quite logical to look for features of Byzantine influence in the Alanian Christian architecture. The main attention is paid to the state of the Shoanin and Sentin temples, located on the territory of modern Karachay-Cherkessia. The mentioned temples are seriously damaged. It is not only the lack of funding allocated to maintain them in proper condition, but also the barbaric activities of «black archaeologists», tourists leaving graffiti on medieval walls, etc. More instructing of the population is needed in order to promote respect for their heritage. In addition, the article analyzes the contribution of young historians and artists in the study of the elements of the Byzantine heritage in the field of architecture and icon painting in medieval churches in North Ossetia, in particular, in the church in the village of Kosta. The discovery made by A. Vinogradov and D. Beletsky is interesting: they discovered images of Byzantine crosses and tamgas hidden under layers of plaster in the Arkhyz temple. A valuable source that led researchers to the mentioned finds is the diary of Karaim A. Firkovich published in 1857 in Hebrew in the «Notes of the Imperial Archaeological Society». Keywords: Sentinsky temple, Shoaninsky temple, Arkhyz, A. Firkovich, archaeologist V.A. Kuznetsov, icon of Our Lady of Tolga, N. Marr + References 1. Kulakovskii, Yu.A. Khristianstvo u alan [Christianity in Alan]. Izbrannye trudy po istorii alanov v Sarmatii [Selected works on the history of the Alans in Sarmatia]. St. Petersburg, Alethea, 2000. 166 p. 2. Dadianova, T.V. O sukiasyantsakh – stoikikh i vernykh pervykh khristianakh- alanakh [About the Sukiasyans – the steadfast and faithful first Christians- Alans]. Slavyanskaya pis’mennost’ i kul’tura kak faktor edineniya narodov Rossii [Slavic writing and culture as a factor of unity of the peoples of Russia]. Vladikavkaz, North Ossetian State University, 2014, pp. 81–87. 3. Dadianova, T.V. O kreshchenii armyan, lazov, iberov, alanov, rusov sv. 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