Wooden Churches – Travelling in the Russian North by Richard Davies Part 1

While communism, collectivism, worms, dry rot and casual looting failed to destroy the majestic wooden churches of Russia, it may be ordinary neglect that finally does them in. Dwindled now to several hundred remaining examples, these glories of vernacular architecture lie scattered amid the vastness of the world’s largest country. Just over a decade ago, Richard Davies, a British architectural photographer, struck out on a mission to record the fragile and poetic structures. Austerely beautiful and haunting, “Wooden Churches: Traveling in the Russian North” (White Sea Publishing; $132) is the result. Covering thousands of miles, Mr. Davies described how he and the writer Matilda Moreton tracked down the survivors from among the thousands of onion-domed structures built after Prince Vladimir converted to Christianity in 988.
Verkhniaya Uftiuga, Arkhangel region, Church of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (1784) Belozersk, Vologda region, Church of the Prophet Elijah (1690) Verkhniaya Uftiuga, Arkhangel region, Church of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (1784) Permogorye, Arkhangel region, Church of St George (1665) Belozersk, Vologda region, Church of the Prophet Elijah (1690) Permogorye, Arkhangel region, Church of St George (1665) Verkhniaya Uftiuga, Arkhangel region, Church of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (1784) Samino Pogost, Arkhangel region, Church of The Prophet Elijah (1692 -1702) Samino Pogost, Arkhangel region, Church of The Prophet Elijah (1692 -1702) Tsyvozero, Arkhangel region, Bell Tower (1658) Kizhi, Karelia, Church of the Transfiguration (1714) Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774) Samino Pogost, Arkhangel region, Church of The Prophet Elijah (1692 -1702) Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774) Akhpoila, Karelia region, Chapel of the Holy Spirit (16th C) Samino Pogost, Arkhangel region, Church of The Prophet Elijah (1692 -1702) Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774) Kokkoila, Karelia region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C) Kokkoila, Karelia region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C) Polya, Karelia region, Church of the Prophet Elijah (18th C) Kosmozero, Karelia region, Church of St Alexander Svirsky (1769) Polya, Karelia region, Church of the Prophet Elijah (18th C) Yandomozero, Karelia region, Church of St Barbara the Martyr (1650) Ust'Yandoma, Karelia region, Chapel of St George (17 - 18th C) Kem, Karelia region, Cathedral of the Assumption (1714) Yandomozero, Karelia region, Church of St Barbara the Martyr (1650) Yandomozero, Karelia region, Church of St Barbara the Martyr (1650) Ust'Yandoma, Karelia region, Chapel of St George (17 - 18th C) Kondopoga, Karelia, Church of the Assumption (1774) Kovda, Murmansk region, Church of St Nicholas (1651) Liadiny, Arkhangel region, St Blaise's Church of the Intercession (1761) Richard Davies
Wooden Churches – Travelling in the Russian North by Richard Davies Part 1
   
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