- Kizhi Island, church ensemble (pogost). West view from Lake Onega. From left: Church of the Transfiguration, bell tower, Church of the Intercession.
- 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.
- The Kizhi Pogost was included in the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in 1990 and Russian Cultural Heritage in 1993.
- The Kizhi Pogost enclosure holds two wooden churches and an octagonal bell tower built during the 18th-century. ... kizhi-pogost-1. Photo credit.
- 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 consists of two wooden churches, both built without the use of nails as was common in ancient, Russian carpentry traditions.
- Kizhi Pogost was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites and in 1993 listed as a Russian Cultural Heritage site.
- Kizhi Pogost is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Karelian Autonomous S.S.R., Medvezhjegorskij Region of Russia.
- Today, this collection of traditional log structures, centered on two churches and a bell tower set in an enclosure still called the Kizhi Pogost, lives on as one of...
- The Kizhi Pogost: The Kizhi Pogost has two wooden churches and a bell tower that were built during the 18th century.