https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-08-07 https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/painted-progress-clerical-portraiture-and-secularization-in-petrine-russia monthly 0.5 2026-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/6a2c410f-394c-44de-b4e8-4d23e050ac5b/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+203758.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Make it stand out Peter the Great Builds His New Capital, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1921 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/1dd9f8a6-74ac-4d80-a48d-321ed4b0ff4b/portraits.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Make it stand out ‍ ‍Portrait of Aleksei Mikhailovich (1672) Engraved Portrait of Peter I (1718) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/84070995-636c-43d1-b414-eaa1b5e7b93f/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+174241.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - The portrait of Patriarch Joachim of Moscow (1620-1690), seen to the left, is a prime example of a pre-Petrine painting. Patriarch Joachim was important in his own right in the history of the Orthodox Church, especially for his role in helping to reunite the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the Russian. It is important to note that Joachim held a great deal of influence, as did his predecessors. Foy de la Neuville, a traveller through Muscovy, noted in his contemporary account A Curious and New Account of Muscovy that Joachim played a role in Peter’s overthrow of Princess Sophia. Joachim, likely a supporter of Peter, intervened in the coup to cease the bloodshed, and would also later act as a short-lived mediator between the two parties on Sophia’s later attempt to regain power. Additionally, Neuville claims that Sophia wanted to replace Joachim with a different priest. This close involvement shows the power of the Patriarch went far beyond the walls of a church, even up to the start of Peter’s rule. Looking at the portrait of Patriarch Joachim only adds to this narrative. Here we see the Patriarch clothed in elaborate robes, rich with detail and symbols. Around his neck lies a panagia, a medallion traditionally with icons (although not pictured here), and a cross. On his head rests an elaborate mitre, modeled on the Byzantine imperial crown, which is embedded with jewels and icons. Comparing this portrait with Aleksei’s, one of the same era, it may be easy to “imagine that such an administrator is a second Sovereign,” as the later Spiritual Regulation put it. Both are heavily robed and adorned with religious imagery and jewels, but while Aleksei holds the scepter and orb of Russian tsars, Joachim holds the crozier of an Orthodox pries Portrait of Patriarch Joachim (1678) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/1421c3ce-c209-4a5f-9c4b-cc63b9e23ec1/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+180722.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/d1cabfe8-0ddf-4dce-a521-6085bbb77f6b/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+181317.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Portrait of Tsar Peter Alekseevich (1702) This portrait, made to commemorate one of the first victories of the Great Northern War, shows Peter in full military regalia. The iconic style reflects the purpose of this painting–to decorate the church of the New Dvina Fortress in Arkhangelsk. His elaborate armor of cold steel projects the image of a wartime leader. The portrait also uniquely contains motion, showing Peter lowering a looking glass towards the hand on his hip, resting right above his sword. The elaborate background of the portrait, depicting the victorious tsar at the flag bastion of the fortress, with cannonballs by his feet, soldiers’ tents, and half-sunk Swedish ships in the background, only adds to the powerful image of the tsar. Peter’s portrait, despite even being produced for a church, is absent of religious imagery. The detailed backgound gives Peter more temporal, physical authority, as compared to Adrian’s, who is isolated. Peter was often involved in the shaping of his image, and the tsar likely played a role in choosing the imagery of this portrait, and it was notably made after Peter chose not to elect a new patriarch. The decision to abandon the traditional religious imagery, especially in one commissioned for a church, shows an active distancing from the church by Peter. This shift is corroborated by contemporary accounts of Peter’s “All-Drunken Council,” a mock ritual that included heavy drinking and a mock patriarch. Portrait of Tsar Peter Alekseevich‍ ‍(1702) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/6792fb65-f4cd-40ae-8722-006b9499af7c/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+182945.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Portrait of Stefan Yavorsky (18th Century) While the letters and works of Yavorsky are difficult to access, especially in translation, the modesty and subtle resistance that helped define Yavorsky’s tenure can still be viewed in his portraiture. This restored 18th-century portrait continues the scaled-back symbolism represented in Patriarch Adrian's portrait to an even greater extent. Yavorsky’s robes are now plainer. The panagia around his neck is simple, undetailed. He still holds the crozier, albeit much less dazzling. He wears a white koukoulion, traditionally reserved for patriarchs; however, unlike Adrian’s, his headdress lacks any detailing at all, a small but still noticeable step back in cosmetic profusions for the church. This portrait shows how the patriarchy was beginning to move towards portraying itself in a more conservative light. Comparing this with a portrait of Peter from the same period, perhaps the most famous image of the Tsar, shows the increasing rift between how the church and state each wished to be portrayed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/cca2ea7a-1e85-435a-9b84-732e98c8060f/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+201858.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Portrait of Peter I (1717) This 1717 portrait of the tsar by Rococo French painter Jean-Marc Nattier is one of the definitive visual representations of Peter I and the core values of his reign. Painted in Amsterdam, the painting fully embodies the modern, European style that Peter wished to imitate. Matching the grandeur and style of contemporary monarchical portraits such as Louis XIV’s, Nattier’s rendition of Peter provides an even more intimate look. The depth and style of this painting are a massive leap forward in terms of artistry compared to both the engraving and the iconic style of 1702, foregrounding Peter with scenes of battle against smoke in a wide sky. Besides the elaborate detail of Peter’s battle armor and physiognomy, the symbols of Petrine rule and tsardom are more evident here, unlike before. On his hip, Peter carries a small medallion with the imperial eagle and cross. One hand rests at his hip by a bejeweled dagger, while the other rests on his helmet, holding the imperial scepter. On Peter’s armored chest is a metallic star version of the Order of St. Andrew with accompanying sash, established by Peter himself in 1698. These elaborate and subtle symbols of the Russian imperial order take the picture of Peter from beyond a man in a suit of armor to the preeminent ruler of Russia, an elegant and noble warrior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/01e21113-34d1-444c-9a5e-515a7861d580/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-08-06+202221.png Blog - Painted Progress: Clerical Portraiture and Secularization in Petrine Russia - Portrait of Feofan Prokopovich (18th Century) While Yavorsky can be seen in many ways as an opponent to Peter, Prokopovich was a close ally. However, despite being ideologically opposed, Prokopovich and Yavorsky’s portraits are nearly identical. While Prokopovich’s is slightly more modern, with better depth and detail, the pose, facial expression, and clothing are the same. The main difference is that Prokopovich wears the black klobuk, compared to Yavorsky’s white. However, while Adrian and Yavorsky’s portraits reflect an unofficial step back in church power, Prokopovich’s solidifies the standard. Prokopovich’s personal closeness to Peter does not mean that he sees himself as equal to the tsar. The similarity in the portraits shows that while the two men may have had drastically different relations with Peter and his policy, they were more closely aligned on the way the church should be perceived in Russia. Prokopoich not only left this portrait, but specific instructions on how the clergy should present themselves in the Spiritual Regulation: the bishops should “not accumulate sacerdotal vestments, and any apparel, over and above the proper requirement of their dignity.” The bishop also must “observe moderation with regard to his dignity,” their honor being “not to be exaggerated or thought of as being almost equal to that of the Tsar.” https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/n5as7l4x8nekfitv3rkiqjie2gc22c monthly 0.5 2026-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/117ac97c-b8d4-47a6-a125-99bd45bb1c54/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-07-27+122033.png Blog - Literary Landscapes of Russia's Golden Age Literature: Mapping Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gogol, and Chekhov - ArcGIS map of Russia’s Golden Age Literature. Full map can be accessed here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7d9065bdde7a46cf9c6e5fc93adc2ec8 Figure 1. ArcGIS map of Russia’s Golden Age Literature. Full map can be accessed here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7d9065bdde7a46cf9c6e5fc93adc2ec8 https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/heritage-throughlines-in-geopolitical-conflict-urban-identity-and-immigrant-placemaking-in-little-ukraine-nyc monthly 0.5 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/8f3805f3-4cee-4302-be6c-fbe98d3b0602/COVER.png Blog - Heritage Throughlines in Geopolitical Conflict: Urban Identity and Immigrant Placemaking in Little Ukraine, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/82c224c4-d69f-4cd0-b8e2-ccb09980b077/Barrett_Img2+%281%29.jpeg Blog - Heritage Throughlines in Geopolitical Conflict: Urban Identity and Immigrant Placemaking in Little Ukraine, NYC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/ce563161-bfcb-4b35-a5f2-1453b196a369/Barrett_Img3.jpeg Blog - Heritage Throughlines in Geopolitical Conflict: Urban Identity and Immigrant Placemaking in Little Ukraine, NYC - Make it stand out Photo depicting the American Loyalty Parade in New York, 1949. Image courtesy of the Ukrainian Museum Archives and Maria Rewakowicz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/f8d97bfe-3aeb-49e8-807c-a7d29df17bfb/Barrett_Img5.jpeg Blog - Heritage Throughlines in Geopolitical Conflict: Urban Identity and Immigrant Placemaking in Little Ukraine, NYC - Make it stand out Ukrainian exiled dissidents Gen. Petro Grigorenko, Leonid Pliushch, and Nadia Svitlycha [in November 1978], in front of the Soviet Mission to the United States, New York. Image courtesy of the Ukrainian Museum Archives and Maria Rewakowicz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/6613bec8-467e-4bed-adc2-b145cf97c1a3/Barrett_Img4+%281%29.jpeg Blog - Heritage Throughlines in Geopolitical Conflict: Urban Identity and Immigrant Placemaking in Little Ukraine, NYC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/32a8baa5-7797-480f-8cc0-0023672b480b/Barrett_Img1.jpeg Blog - Heritage Throughlines in Geopolitical Conflict: Urban Identity and Immigrant Placemaking in Little Ukraine, NYC - At the end of February of 2024, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaged in a fiery exchange surrounding the ongoing war in Ukraine. The exchange not only signaled a perplexing hostility between Trump and Zelenskyy but opened questions into the strength of US support for Ukraine during the ongoing conflict. Of course, it is no secret that the current president has cozied up to world leaders formerly widely classified as dictators. The close association between Putin and Trump which began in his first term is just one indication of this behavioral pattern from the president. Yet, the hostility demonstrated between the two world leaders last February arrived as the conflict in Ukraine officially entered its fourth year. Whether the exchange has more to do with Trump’s changing alignment or to a deeper impatience towards resolving the conflict is uncertain. But putting theory aside, the effect it has had on the public and wider political interests beyond the White House is substantial. Normalizing such hostility towards a US ally and allowing it to be captured on national news undermines the ability for the public to delegate their support to Ukraine in an unbiased way. Trump’s unbridled acrimony allows the type of support that the US has expressed previously, both officially in congress and by communities around the nation, to be scrutinized more easily and even abandoned if people decide to adopt the president’s point of view on the conflict. https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/how-effective-is-russian-dissent-measuring-opposition-repression-and-public-opinion-during-the-russo-ukrainian-war monthly 0.5 2026-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/2daadea5-e66c-44ce-9d8b-4116e587ef36/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-06-06+102016.png Blog - How Effective Is Russian Dissent? Measuring Opposition, Repression, and Public Opinion During the Russo-Ukrainian War - Make it stand out The Kremlin During Opposition Protests in 2012. Victor Grigas. 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/40d1ba1d-a6a4-4a14-838e-038386900d84/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-06-06+102457.png Blog - How Effective Is Russian Dissent? Measuring Opposition, Repression, and Public Opinion During the Russo-Ukrainian War - Make it stand out Figure 1. Party distribution of the 450 seats available in the 2021 Russian State Duma elections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/d57b4214-42d6-4bcb-a9ae-064e16cd5f96/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-06-06+102847.png Blog - How Effective Is Russian Dissent? Measuring Opposition, Repression, and Public Opinion During the Russo-Ukrainian War - Make it stand out Figure 2. Comparison between public opinion polling data from state versus independent media outlets concerning support for the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2025. https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/importing-fashion-the-burden-of-abiding-by-barometers-of-beauty monthly 0.5 2026-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/9617fbe2-a0f5-4644-8da7-d97020d52b4f/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-06-05+003501.png Blog - Importing Fashion: The Burden of Abiding by Barometers of Beauty - Make it stand out Women in Kyiv. Thomas Taylor Hammond. 1972 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/90d1f19c-1874-47ca-931b-99e7437b121b/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-06-05+003638.png Blog - Importing Fashion: The Burden of Abiding by Barometers of Beauty - Reports show that many women became more conscious of how they presented themselves in public. TheNew YorkTimes reported in 1967 that “the new woman is concerned about where she lives and how she lives, and what she looks like. She has decided that she looks better in high-heeled shoes, lipstick, brightly colored clothes and that her hair should be soft and feminine.” Similarly, they reported, presumably no Uzbek woman “ever stepped out of the house without first applying their eye make-up.” The conflation of beauty and consumption represented the commodification of aesthetics for Soviet women. Government-sponsored books, magazines, and journals burgeoned across the Union. Some were more high end, advertising Soviet-style high culture, such as Zhurnal Mod (Журнал Мод, meaning “Fashion magazine”) while others, such as Rabotnitsa (Работница, meaning “Woman Worker”) and Sovetksaia Zhenshchina (Советская Женщина “meaning, Soviet Woman”), were not specifically tailored to showing off extravagance. Instead, these magazines made fashion easily accessible, providing cutouts and instructions for sewing at home. Despite the accessibility of some styles, there was a persistent yearning for what was not had. As Georg Simmel describes, fashion satisfies both the demands not only for social adaptation but also for differentiation. Fashion by its very nature insists that the individual get ahead of the pack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/b5e542af-e55e-40a6-93d8-af82b5c99b4a/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+2026-06-05+004336.png Blog - Importing Fashion: The Burden of Abiding by Barometers of Beauty - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/measured-talents-poetry-agency-and-womens-education-in-a-double-lifenbsp monthly 0.5 2026-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/90674dcb-1ce2-4ebb-83eb-3243f12800cd/Screenshot+2026-05-25+at+4.48.10%E2%80%AFPM+%281%29.png Blog - Measured Talents: Poetry, Agency, and Women's Education in A Double Life  - Make it stand out La Belle Dame Endormie (The Beautiful Woman Asleep) by James McNeill Whistler. 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Ninara. 2015 https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/children-in-war-films-as-a-vessel-for-the-feelings-of-the-collective monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/596ac510-0f52-4635-ac3b-c66e1f7ef299/image+%283%29.png Blog - Children in War Films as a Vessel for the Feelings of the Collective - Make it stand out Soviet schoolchildren, Rostov-on-Don, Wikimedia Commons, 1984. https://www.thebirchjournal.com/blog/a-change-of-art-thematic-shifts-in-soviet-anti-religious-posters-before-and-during-the-cold-war monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6175cee50675590dfea0bd38/6f0c2e33-c6e6-4739-9771-35f87794071e/21108631010_ccbe0988a9_b+%281%29.jpg Blog - A Change of Art: Thematic Shifts in Soviet Anti-Religious Posters Before and During the Cold War - Make it stand out St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow circa 1980s. 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