# List of oldest Russian icons

This is the complete list of the oldest extant Russian icons created in Kievan Rus' and the Rus' principalities before and during the reign of Alexander Nevsky (1220–63).

## 1000–1130

| Image | Name and date | Provenance | Current location |
| Rus'-Byzantine icons (possibly painted by Greek artists in Kievan Rus) ||||
| | Saviour in a Golden Riza c. 1050 (overpainted in 1699) | Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
| | Saints Peter and Paul c. 1050 (partly overpainted in the 16th century) | Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod | Novgorod Art Museum |
| | Saint George // Hodegetria (double-sided) c. 1100 | Yuriev Monastery Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
| | Theotokos of Vladimir c. 1100 | Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | State Tretyakov Gallery (Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi) |

## 1130–1200

| Image | Name and date | Provenance | Current location |
| Icons of Novgorod ||||
| | Ustyug Annunciation, c. 1130 | Yuriev Monastery Cathedral of the Annunciation | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Saint George c. 1130 | Yuriev Monastery | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | The Sign (double-sided) c. 1150 | Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod | Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod |
| | The Mandylion (double-sided) c. 1180 | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | Tretyakov Gallery |
| | The Angel with Golden Hair | Rumyantsev Museum | State Russian Museum |
| | Eleusa | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Saint Nicholas c. 1200 | Novodevichy Convent | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| Icons of Vladimir-Suzdal ||||
| | Theotokos of Bogolyubovo 1155 | Bogolyubovo | Convent of Princesses, Vladimir |
| | Our Lady of Saint Theodore // Saint Paraskevi (double-sided) | Gorodets-on-the-Volga (Alexander Nevsky's family) | Theophany Monastery, Kostroma |
| | Deesis with the Archangels 1180s? | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | State Tretyakov Gallery |

## 1200–1250

| Image | Name and date | Provenance | Current location |
| Icons of Vladimir and Suzdal ||||
| | Deesis with John the Baptist and the Virgin | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Saint Michael Appearing to Joshua 1190s? 1210s? | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
| | Demetrius of Thessaloniki 1190s? 1210s? | Dormition Cathedral, Dmitrov (a gift from Vsevolod III) | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Saviour of Golden Locks (Christ Chalkites) c. 1200 | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow (probably brought from Yaroslavl) | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow |
| Icons of Yaroslavl and Rostov ||||
| | Orans of Yaroslavl (Great Panagia) c. 1220 | Dormition Cathedral, Yaroslavl | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Saviour of Yaroslavl (Christ Pantocrator) c. 1220 | Dormition Cathedral, Yaroslavl | Yaroslavl Art Museum |
| | Michael the Archangel c. 1220 | Archangel Cathedral, Yaroslavl | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | The Mandylion | Novlenskoye (near Poshekhonye) | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Christ Pantocrator c. 1250 | Gavshinka Church near Yaroslavl | Andrei Rublev Museum (Andronikov Monastery) |
| | Theotokos of Tolga Enthroned | Tolga Monastery, Yaroslavl | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Theotokos of Kashin | St. Demetrius Monastery, Kashin | Kalyazin Art Museum |
| Icons of Novgorod and Belozersk ||||
| | The Cloud Dormition c. 1200 | Monastery of the Tithes, Novgorod | State Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Our Lady of the Sign // Saint Juliana | Zverin Monastery, Novgorod | Pavel Korin's collection at the Tretyakov Gallery |
| | Eleusa of Staraya Russa | Staraya Russa | State Russian Museum |
| | Theotokos of Belozersk c. 1220 | Belozersk Cathedral | State Russian Museum |
| | Saints Peter and Paul | Church of Sts. Peter and Paul Belozersk | State Russian Museum |
| | St. John Climacus with Sts. George and Blaise c. 1250 | Krestsy near Novgorod | State Russian Museum |