Kizhi Pogost (Russian: Кижский погост) is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The island is located on Lake Onega in the Republic...
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churches and a bell tower were built on the island, which are now known as Kizhi Pogost. In the 1950s, dozens of historical wooden buildings were moved to the...
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Lake Onega (section Kizhi island)
15th–20th centuries. The complex includes a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kizhi Pogost. The eastern shores of the lake contain about 1,200 petroglyphs (rock...
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settlements with a church and a graveyard, like Kizhi Pogost or Kadnikov Pogost. In modern Russian, pogosts usually designate a combination of a rural church...
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Komi Forests Western Caucasus St Petersburg Kizhi Pogost, Petroglyphs Moscow Novgorod Solovetsky Islands Vladimir Trinity Lavra Kazan Kremlin, Observatories...
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especially the Altai-Kizhi ("Altai People") or; Kizhi Island in the Karelian Republic (north-west Russia), including Kizhi Pogost, a historic site on the...
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at least Russia's, tallest wooden house, exceeding even the height of Kizhi Pogost, the tallest wooden church in Russia. Constructed by Mr. Sutyagin and...
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to the large amount of both natural and cultural places of interest (Kizhi Pogost, Valaam, Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, etc.) A church in Matigory (built...
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Muscovy was born. Standing before an amazing complex of wooden churches of Kizhi Pogost on the banks of Lake Onega, he felt a stab of wonderment: "How could...
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by Jesuit Valentin Scherzer, is built. Church of the Intercession at Kizhi Pogost in Karelia is rebuilt. Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, is rebuilt...
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church. Boriskovo (Ryazan region). The multi-domed Pokrovskaya Church. Kizhi Pogost (Karelia) The cube-shaped temples include temples where the nave was...
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Moscow Kiev Leningrad Kizhi Pogost Itchan Kala The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places...
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burned down in 1963. It is believed to be the forerunner of the famous Kizhi Pogost. Old Ladoga Canal, built in the first half of the 18th century, is a...
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architecture. Examples of Karelian architecture are collected in the Kizhi Pogost Museum. Later Karelian architecture was influenced by Finns, especially...
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the Troödos Region – wooden-roofed medieval churches in Cyprus Kizhi and Kizhi Pogost – an open-air museum of Russian wooden architecture Churches of...
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remains of Serdica can be seen in the foreground (early 4th century) Kizhi Pogost, Kizhi island, Lake Onega, Russia Santa María, Cambre, Galicia, Spain Petäjävesi...
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The churches of Kizhi, Russia are among a handful of World Heritage Sites built entirely of wood, without metal joints. See Kizhi Pogost for more details...
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wooden ensembles survived, the best known being the one located in the Kizhi Pogost in the Republic of Karelia and is classified as World Heritage. Most...
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Novgorod (1698) Menshikov tower (1707) The wooden churches of remote Kizhi Pogost, 1711–1714 Naryshkin Baroque, also known as Muscovite Baroque or Moscow...
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Staff Building at the Palace Square, Saint Petersburg Details of the domes, Kizhi An interior of Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg Saint Isaac's Cathedral...
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