CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUS AND POLAND WITH REFERENCE TO GALICIAN ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION OF THE 12th CENTURY

The paper considers peculiar development of sacral architecture of the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia which, while being congruent with the Eastern Christian tradition, still applied Romanesque building techniques and created building decoration system involving white-stone carvings typical of Central and Western European artistic tradition. It also covers some aspects of scholarly discussion concerning mutual influence of Galicia-Volhynia and Poland stone architecture of the 12th‒13th centuries. We also differentiate design features and stylistic peculiarities of Ancient Galician temples according to their correspondence with Western European art and style systems and local architectural tradition. We identify originality of the local architectural school of Ancient Rus in its western territories.