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...Wooden Architecture as Cultural Environment Chapter 1 surveys examples of wooden (log) construction used on a monumental scale for domestic architecture. The initial focus is on the summer palaces of Kuskovo and Ostankino in what were the northern suburbs of Moscow in the eighteenth century...

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... wooden architecture of Kola Peninsula wooden architecture of Karelia Kizhi Arkhangelsk Northern Dvina River ...

... Chapter 5 moves into the Ural Mountains and begins with an exploration of the rich traditions of wooden architecture in the Perm region. Crossing the Urals into Asia leads to the rugged Yekaterinburg territory. The chapter concludes with wooden architecture in the southern Urals...

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

... and the conditions under which it took place. The central question concerns the survivability of wooden architecture in a time of rapid social change. wooden architecture church architecture architectural preservation Russian geography documentary photography ...

... Chapter 4 explores wooden architecture in the heartland of European Russia, from the Vitoslavlitsy outdoor museum near Novgorod the Great to towns in such as Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, and Kazan in the Volga River basin. The Moscow area occupies the center of this chapter, together with Vladimir...

... as the Russian North, contains the greatest examples of wooden architecture, both secular and sacred. The high point is Kizhi Island, now an outdoor museum with its original two churches and many reassembled houses and churches from the region. Equally important are the villages of Varzuga and Kimzha, which...

... Perm Yekaterinburg Chelyabinsk wooden architecture in Kama River basin ...

... Preservation of wooden architecture Russian traditional culture documentary photography ...

.... wooden architecture of Kola Peninsula wooden architecture of Karelia Kizhi Arkhangelsk Northern Dvina River ...

... The conclusion reflects on the paradox of traditional Russian wooden architecture (log structures) reflected in Russian culture today. Wooden structures, particularly in rural areas in Russia—and the United States during the 1930s—have been associated with poverty and social duress. Although...

... Chapter 6 moves east from the Urals into western Siberia, beginning with the regions of Tobolsk and Tyumen and proceeding to Omsk, all in the Irtysh River basin. The loss and degradation of wooden architecture in these areas intensified in the late Soviet period and has accelerated since...

... Moscow wooden estate houses Moscow Revival architectural style wooden country mansions Kostroma region Saint Petersburg dacha architecture ...

... Chapter 7 moves beyond Lake Baikal toward the Russian Far East, beginning with the territory of Buryatia and its capital Ulan-Ude and proceeding to Chita, capital of the Transbaikal region. Both areas have centers of Buddhist culture, reflected in wooden architecture. The chapter also includes...

... of Karelia, and the southern coast of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Province. Arkhangelsk Vologda traditional wooden architecture Russian Orthodox churches architectural photography ...

... surrounded by villages that contain some of the most interesting examples of traditional wooden architecture, including log houses, as well as churches and chapels. Some of these monuments are grouped around the villages of Liadiny and Oshevensk. Onega River Kargopol Liadiny Oshevensk White Sea ...

... Chapter 1 surveys examples of wooden (log) construction used on a monumental scale for domestic architecture. The initial focus is on the summer palaces of Kuskovo and Ostankino in what were the northern suburbs of Moscow in the eighteenth century. They are complemented by the Galskoy mansion...

... This chapter begins with the southern coast of the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Province at the far northwestern corner of the Russian Federation. The village of Varzuga has one of the most distinctive surviving examples of Russian wooden church architecture, the Church of the Dormition (1674...