- Q. What was Kizhi Pogost used for? A – The Kizhi Pogost represents an important step in the establishment of Orthodoxy in the Russian North.
- 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.
- I had no idea I liked it so much until I realized that I had asked three different swapping partners for a Kizhi Pogost card over the course of a few weeks.
- Looking at the remarkable living monument that is Kizhi Pogost, the famous three-building church compound on Kizhi Island in Karelia’s Lake Onega.
- 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.
- Constructed in the 17th century, Kizhi Pogost is a historical site located on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
- The pogost of Kizhi (i.e. the Kizhi enclosure) is located on one of the many islands in Lake Onega, in Karelia.
- Kizhi Pogost is not a single building but three different ones. The pogost is the area within the wooden enclosure.
- 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.