- Oldest wooden church still standing from the time of Peter the Great (1714). Church of the Transfiguration on Kizhi Island in northwestern Russia.
- The Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Kizhi was built in 1714. The height reaches 37 meters. Built in the traditions of Russian craft — without nails.
- The Soviet Union 1968 CPA 3715 stamp (The Transfiguration Church (1714) and Belfry (1874), Kizhi Pogost, Kizhi Memorial Estate, Karelia).png - Matsievsky.
- ...for one of the most famous structures in all Russia: the Church of the Transfiguration on Kizhi Island, one of almost 1,400 small islands in Karelia’s Lake Onega.
- It’s called the Church of the Transfiguration, and here’s its twist: It’s not the only historic wooden church on the island.
- The Church of the Transfiguration was laid in June, 1714, after the old one was burnt by lightning. ... Kizhi Island church of the transfiguration.
- The 22-domed Transfiguration Church on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, Russia, was built in the early 1700’s, entirely of wood, without the use of a single nail.
- The 1582/83 Census Book first mentions the Transfiguration and Intercession churches as parish churches of Kizhi Pogost, a relatively big territory comprising...