Completed Projects
Izborsk, Russia
GHF conducted a number of important pieces of planning work. A scientific overview identified architectural ensemble and the early stages of development of one of the oldest Russian cities of the 7th, 9th and 11th centuries AD in the old town of Izborsk; an overview of the city’s history and the development of the stone Fortress of the 14th-17th centuries, as well as determination of construction chronology of the stone Fortress took place. Information on the town-planning of Izborsk and its suburbs, environs, villages and neighbouring settlements was compiled. The ethnographic and natural sights of the region were investigated by the Museum Preserve “Izborsk”, by Pskov State Pedagogical Institute (Teachers Training College) and colleagues from Estonia.
GHF worked in partnership with the Pskov Department of Reconstruction (Pskov) and leading Russian archaeologists from Pskov, Moscow and St. Petersburg to develop Izborsk Fortress and Greater Pskov’s site management plan in support of the Russian government’s application for UNESCO World Heritage Site status, and to complete archaeological conservation and authentic restoration of this jewel of Russian history.
