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The Wooden Churches of Russia

Journal Entry: Mon Mar 15, 2010, 10:25 PM
100 years ago, Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, a well known artist and illustrator of Russian Folk tales, traveled to northern Russia to collect folk art. He came across the wooden churches of Russia and fell in love with them, photographing them and bringing back to Moscow the sad news of their lamentable condition. Through his efforts and the sales of postcards like the one below, money was raised to restore the 300-year old churches.



100 years later, Richard Davies retraced Bilibin's steps in northern  Russia and photographed the now 400-year old churches, in their stunning  condition considering their age. His photos will be exhibited  in Finland and UK.

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/18_Yandomozero_Aug03.jpg
Yandomozero, Karelia  region, Church of St Barbara the Martyr (1650)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/3_Permogorye_Aug02.jpg
Permogorye, Arkhangel  region, Church of St George (1665)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/12_Kokkoila_Aug03.jpg
Kokkoila, Karelia  region, Chapel of St Barbara (early 18th C)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/1_Verkhniaya_Uftiuga_Aug02.jpg
Verkhniaya Uftiuga,  Arkhangel region, Church of St Demetrius of Thessalonica (1784)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/48_Turchasovo_Mar06.jpg
Turchasovo, Arkhangel  region, Church of the Transfiguration (1781)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/29_Kimzha_Feb05.jpg
Kimzha, Arkhangel  region, Church of the Virgin Hodigitria (1763)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/43_Podporozhye_Mar05.jpg
Podporozhye, Arkhangel  region, Church of St Vladimir (1757)

http://www.richarddavies.co.uk/woodenchurches/pictures/45_Rakuly_Mar05.jpg
Rakuly, Arkhangel  region, Church of the Resurrection (1766)

View the rest at RichardDavies.co.uk

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:iconanjumamute:
Parabens micah
demais o journal :clap:
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$kouiskas Mar 16, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
It's been a while since I've seen churches that aren't like the hundreds I've seen before, great find :)
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=csd0916 Mar 16, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
yeah I really wish we could fav journals
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Really nice to see a journal that is in FACT A JOURNAL. Somehow I had never thaught about the resemblence of (some) Russian wooden with the wooden churches found in Sweden (a few) and Norway (many) [link] [link] [link] that date back to the later Viking age. A period where they were still barbars and christians at the same time...
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