... The fourth chapter returns southward to the city of Vologda, one of the primary cultural centers of the Russian North. In addition to views of some of its many historic churches—above all, the Cathedral of St. Sophia, commissioned by Ivan the Terrible—the chapter includes some of the surviving...

... Arkhangelsk Vologda traditional wooden architecture Russian Orthodox churches architectural photography ...

.... The project has at various stages received support from the Library of Congress, and the basic collection of Brumfield’s images is held in the Department of Image Collections at the National Gallery of Art. Regions explored in the introductory essay include Arkhangelsk Province, Vologda Province, the Republic...

... The third chapter moves from the western part of the Vologda territory northward to the Kargopol region in the southern part of Arkhangelsk Province. Situated on Lake Lacha at the origins of the Onega River, Kargopol is one of the most ancient settlements of the Russian North. Salt ponds...

... The second chapter moves inland from the White Sea to a historic waterway connecting settlements in the western part of contemporary Vologda Province, beginning with the Vytegra area linking Lake Onega and White Lake. The settlements include some of Russia’s most ancient, such as Belozersk...