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Wooden Churches: Travelling in the Russian North 100 years after Bilibin

By Gazeta Russa
Yandomozero, Karelia region, Church of St Barbara the Martyr (1650)
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Yandomozero, Karelia region, Church of St Barbara the Martyr (1650)
Verkhniaya Uftiuga, Arkhangel region, Church of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (1784)

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Verkhniaya Uftiuga, Arkhangel region, Church of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (1784)
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Sholomya

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Sholomya
Turchasovo, Arkhangel region, Church of the Transfiguration (1781)

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Turchasovo, Arkhangel region, Church of the Transfiguration (1781)
Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774)

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Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774)
Podporozhye, Arkhangel region, Church of St Vladimir (1757)

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Podporozhye, Arkhangel region, Church of St Vladimir (1757)
Podporozhye, Arkhangel region, Church of St Vladimir (1757)

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Podporozhye, Arkhangel region, Church of St Vladimir (1757)
Shelokhovskaya, Arkhangel region, Church of the Archangel Michael (1715) and Church of God's Purification (18thC)

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Shelokhovskaya, Arkhangel region, Church of the Archangel Michael (1715) and Church of God's Purification (18thC)
Kondoberezhnaya, Karelia region, Chapel of Samson (mid. 19thC)

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Kondoberezhnaya, Karelia region, Chapel of Samson (mid. 19thC)
Polya, Karelia region, Church of the Prophet Elijah (18th C)

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Polya, Karelia region, Church of the Prophet Elijah (18th C)
Kosmozero, Karelia region, Church of St Alexander Svirsky (1769)

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Kosmozero, Karelia region, Church of St Alexander Svirsky (1769)
Kokkoila, Karelia region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C)

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Kokkoila, Karelia region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C)
Kokkoila, Karelia region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C)

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Kokkoila, Karelia region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C)
Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774)

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Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774)
Kondoberezhnaya, Karelia region, Chapel of Samson (mid. 19thC)

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Kondoberezhnaya, Karelia region, Chapel of Samson (mid. 19thC)
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March 19, 2012

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