hidden Façade carving FAÇADE CARVING. With the development of peasant woden architecture, woodcarving also developed. Carving was used for decoration of spouts under the roof. Carving (at first blind carving, in the end of the XIX c. – carving with holes) was also used... more

hidden Onega Lake LAKE ONEGA (Onezhskoye Ozero), located in the north of Russia’s European part within the Republic of Karelia, Vologda Oblast (southern and south-eastern part) and Leningrad Oblast (south-western part.) The L. O. boast belongs to the north-eastern... more

hidden Podporozhye District PODPOROZHYE DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 35,200. Area: 7705.5 sq. km. Located in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast. In the north-west and north, it borders Olonets, Pryazha, and Prionezhsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia; in the... more

hidden Restoration of buildings of architectural and historic interest. Restoration of buildings of architectural and historic interest. The first experience of the research restoration of the Russian Middle Ages monuments in the territory of the pesent-day Leningrad Oblast dates from 1846-1847, when in the Ivangorod... more

hidden The Church of St. Demetrius Thessalonica, Great Martyr (Shcheleiki Village, Podporozhsky District) The Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica, the Great Martyr (Shcheleiki Village, the Podporozhye District). The original wooden church in Shcheleiki Pogost was firstly mentioned in 1628. The new wooden church with the side-altar of Veneration of... more

hidden Wooden architecture Wooden architecture. In the east and north-east of the Leningrad Oblast (Boksitogorsk, Podporozhye, Lodeynoye Pole districts) there are many preserved wooden building that are typical for the Russian North: izbas (Russian traditional wooden peasant... more