Wooden miracle in Kizhi.

Kizhi (Russian: Кижи́) is an island on Onego lake (Karelia, Russia) with a beautiful ensemble of wooden churches, chapels and houses. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Russia and a World Heritage Site. Image File history File links Photo of Kizhi, taken in the 1963. ... Image File history File links Photo of Kizhi, taken in the 1963. ... Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. ... Karelia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is an organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... See also list of house types. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. ...

The Kizhi island is about 7 km long and 0.5 km wide. It is surrounded with a multiple (about 5,000) other islands, mostly very small—some of them are about 2x2 meters. But there also a large ones too, some are 35 km long. Kizhi pogost, as the whole area is known in Russian, is an old settlement which united more than 100 villages in the 16th century. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

The jewel of its architecture is the 22-domed Transfiguration church (1722), with a fine baroque iconostasis. The 9-domed Intercession church was built nearby in 1764, and a belltower was added in 1874. The most wonderful thing about these structures is that they were erected without any nails or other metal ties. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1333 KB) Kizhi (Carelia) Gérard Janot 06:55, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links There are no pages that link to this file. ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Iconostasis of Elias prophet church, Yaroslavl In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis (the plural is iconostases, whose last syllable rhymes with ease) is a wall of icons, religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1397 KB) Kizhi (Carelia) Gérard Janot 06:53, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) File links There are no pages that link to this file. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

A museum of Russian wooden architecture was created in Kizhi by Soviet authorities in 1960. Minor wooden structures were transported here from various parts of Karelia, notably the 14th century St. Lazarus church from the Muromsky Monastery, which is the oldest wooden church in Russia. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ...

See also

• Kondopoga
• Kem

Kondopoga is a town in Karelia, Russia. ... View of Kem in 1911. ...

External links

• Official homepage
• Orthodox shrines in Kizhi
• Russian page on Kizhi