- The 37m-tall Church of the Transfiguration was built by craftsmen drawing on ancient and somewhat mysterious traditions of wooden construction.
- For the first time in 40 years, Divine services will soon be held in the world-famous Church of the Transfiguration on Kizhi Island in the northern Russian Republic...
- Wood architectonics is basic to Russian architecture. Thanks to approved repairs, the Church of the Transfiguration has survived into the twentieth century…
- It’s called the Church of the Transfiguration, and here’s its twist: It’s not the only historic wooden church on the island.
- ...Onega lake Bird's eye view of Kizhi island Kizhi in autumn Cupolas of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Kizhi Pogost Northern lights above Kizhi.
- ...then reconstructed in 1720–1749 and in 1764 rebuilt into its present 9-dome design as an architectural echo of the main Transfiguration Church.
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- Oldest wooden church still standing from the time of Peter the Great (1714). Church of the Transfiguration on Kizhi Island in northwestern Russia.
- Add your two cents. Kizhi Pogost is amid one of the many abounding islands on pleasant Lake Onega in the near arctic part of Karelia.