When we awoke, we looked out of our ship cabin window for our first view of the church. It was a three hundred year old building decked with lots of onion shaped domes, dramatically standing on the little island.
It was 1996 and we were on a ten day cruise tour from St. Petersburg to Moscow via waterways - rivers, lakes and canals - an unusual journey that was opened to foreign visitors just five years ago.
Kizhi is in far northern part of Russia, in the Republic of Karelia and the remarkable collection of historic buildings has
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Where we are
Our ten days of sailing to Moscow were all in that little white square in the...
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Our ship
Well, one that looks just like our ship, the M/S Lenin, as we headed...
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Summer church
What a sight to wake up to ! After breakfast we were off the ship and...
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Another side
All four sides of the church are identical, so everyone on the island...
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Domes
These two churches have a total of 31 onion shaped domes. It's...
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Chapel
This is the Chapel of Michael the Archangel.
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Windmill
No nails or other iron parts on this mill, just wooden pegs.
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And more
We didn't notice at the time, but there is a fire boat sitting in...
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Walking by
The main wood used here is ash, which can stand up very well against...
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Late comer
I was so busy taking pictures with both my still and video cameras , I almost...
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All set
This good looking group was known all day as Bus #1. Whoever took these...
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Village
So we sailed on, passing little villages like this along the way.
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Boys
Some local boys came up to us in their little boat, waving and shouting...
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Fisherman
And then Day 6 ended with this Russian sunset as we continued south on our...
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