Old Church. I wish the walls could tell us all that happened there. I'm sure life was very different then!

Suzdal, Museum of Wooden Architecture.

One photographer has spent nine years photographing the few remaining churches built in the tenth century that now lay abandoned in north-west Russia.

I just finished my first mega-project! Not a single cheat was used (so much clean stone... so much coal......) Tell me what you think! (Don't judge my u...

I don't know how many times I've driven by this beautiful old church.

Wood is a distinctive part of Russia's architectural heritage, especially in traditional villages in the North of Russia. For over a tho...

Alexander Mozhayev March 30, 2012 Open Democracy Russia’s wooden architecture, especially its churches, was hardly a priority during Soviet times and now many of the unique old buildings are very close to total ruin. A new book documents the tragedy in some of the most inaccessible parts of Russia’s north. The numbers are daunting, but a tiny ray of hope has appeared on the horizon, which could rescue one or two of the near-ruins, says Alexander Mozhayev. Richard Davies is a professional…

The history of the wooden churches of Maramures, which dot the villages of north western Romania is an interesting one. Maramures is primarily an Orthodox Christian enclave. While the region was under the domination of the Austria-Hungarian Empire the Orthodox were prohibited from building stone churches.