- And the most famous place in Kizhi Island is Kizhi Pogost which is a world heritage site by UNESCO. Let us see Kizhi in little more detail.
- Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the site it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1990.
- Kizhi Pogost is not a single building but three different ones. The pogost is the area within the wooden enclosure.
- Q. What was Kizhi Pogost used for? A – The Kizhi Pogost represents an important step in the establishment of Orthodoxy in the Russian North.
- The pogost is famous for its beauty and longevity, despite that it is built exclusively of wood. ... The Kizhi Pogost was built without using a single nail.
- Looking at the remarkable living monument that is Kizhi Pogost, the famous three-building church compound on Kizhi Island in Karelia’s Lake Onega.
- Kizhi Pogost: 300 Years Old Multi-Dome Church Built Without Nails. Kizhi is a narrow strip of island on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
- In the Republic of Karelia, not far from Petrozavodsk, there is an amazing architectural ensemble of Kizhi, which is also known as the Kizhi Pogost.
- Kizhi Pogost is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The island is located on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia.
- Kizhi Pogost was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites and in 1993 listed as a Russian Cultural Heritage site.