The traditional wooden churches of the Russian North are particularly interesting.
Others remain in a state of tragic disrepair and neglect.
Kizhi Pogost
The pogost of Kizhi (i.e.
the Kizhi enclosure) is located on one of the many islands in Lake Onega, in Karelia.
The roofs were made of spruce planks and the domes are covered in aspen.
The design of this elaborate superstructure also provided an efficient system of ventilation to preserve the structure from decay.
Not a single nail was used in its construction.
[Kizhi Pogost previously on Amusing Planet.]
And they gathered it on the very spot where the Cossacks founded the city and built the first church.
It was brought to the open-air museum Vitroslavlitsy from the village of Peredki, Borovichsky Rayon.
