Russian north

The Russian North

This country is remarkable for its majestic scenery and unique architecture. The ancient Vologda Land with the towns of Vologda and Veliky Ustiug. The powerful architecture of the 15th- century Solovetsky Monastery. White- stoned Kargopol founded in the early 12th century. Wooden architecture: the Kizhi pogost, Mezen windmills, churches in Kondopoga, the village of Berezhnaya Dubrova, Malye Karelie. These monuments, created over the centuries by the genius of unknown Russian masters, are rightly called the" wonder of the North".


Kizhi pogost

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. The Pogost is the area inside a fence which includes two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfiguration Church and the 9-dome Intercession Church) and a bell-tower.


Veliky Ustyug

Veliky Ustyug

Veliky Ustyug has a great historical significance and was one of the major cities of the Russian North. It preserved some of the past urban structure and many architectural monuments.The name Ustyug means "the mouth of the Yug".By the late 15th century, the name changed to Veliky (Great) Ustyug.


Vologda

Vologda

Vologda is a beautiful Old Russian city that originally sprawled as a small settlement on the banks of the Sukhona and the Sheksna, is steeped in history. This is confirmed by the plethora of historical artifacts that you can find on the Vologda land. One example will suffice, there are 244 architectural monuments here.


Vologda

The Spaso-Prilutsky Demetrius male Monastery.

To the northeast of Vologda, on the picturesque left bank of the river of the same name in the place of a steep bend of its bed, there is a magnificent architectural ensemble of medieval Rus. This is the Spaso-Prilutsky Demetrius male Monastery, one of the largest monasteries of the Russian North.