Iconography and plot features of the Syzran old believer icon

For a long time, Syzran icon painting, accomplished in the traditions of Byzantine and Ancient Russian art, has remained one of the least studied phenomena of Russian art culture of the XVIIIth - XXth centuries. Syzran icons were created by several generations of Old Believers (Pomorian and Fedoseyan Creeds) and were intended for Old Believers’ churches. This article is devoted to the works of the Syzran icon-painting center of the Middle Volga region, their iconographic and plot features.