Almost three hundred years ago the Russian inhabitants around Lake Onega decided that they needed two new churches - the old ones had burned down in a fire. It was decided that the island in the middle of the lake, Kizhi, would be the ideal place for their new place of worship.
So began the construction of what have become two of the oldest exclusively wooden churches in the world. All who see them agree - they are multi-story, mutli-cupola, single-block masterpieces.
(thanks Robert-John)
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