Palekh is an urban locality and the administrative center of Palekhsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,633 ; 5,337 ; 5,814 ; 6,202. Palekh has a very long history in Russian iconography, the art of painting Russian Orthodox icons for homes and churches. The village emerged as a leading center of Russian icon- and mural-painting in t…
Palekh is an urban locality and the administrative center of Palekhsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Population: 4,633 ; 5,337 ; 5,814 ; 6,202. Palekh has a very long history in Russian iconography, the art of painting Russian Orthodox icons for homes and churches. The village emerged as a leading center of Russian icon- and mural-painting in the 19th century.