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Khalui II - The Chapel of Prophet Elijah and the Sacred Stone

Approaching Khalui from the direction of Oshevensk, the first thing that greets you after crossing the Churyega bridge is the Chapel of Prophet Elijah. Erected in the grim and hoary 18th century, it stands as a classic...

Khalui II - The Chapel of Prophet Elijah and the Sacred Stone

Khalui II - The Chapel of Prophet Elijah and the Sacred Stone

Khaluy III or Sacrilege: Crime and Punishment

If you take a walk along the "embankment" of the village of Khaluy — a steep high slope running along the river of the same name — and carefully make your way down at a certain spot, you will find two crosses sheltered...

Khaluy III or Sacrilege: Crime and Punishment

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Khaluy III or Sacrilege: Crime and Punishment

Khalui I -The Cursed Village

A small river called Khalui flows gently, joining the mighty Churyega, then vanishes underground: its waters seep into karst crevices, disappear from the surface, exposing its dry bed, which stretches far into the dist...

Khalui I -The Cursed Village

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Khalui I -The Cursed Village

The Middle Ages—closer than you think: Wooden Architecture in Russia

The Church of St. George, built in 1496, stands on the shores of Lake Yuksozero. It is the oldest wooden church in Russia still standing on its original site—just 300 kilometers from the Northern Capital.

The Middle Ages—closer than you think: Wooden Architecture in Russia

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The Middle Ages—closer than you think: Wooden Architecture in Russia

Shum-Gora

Shum-Gora (literally: "Noise-Mount" or "The Noisy Hill") In the remote and desolate Batecky District of Novgorod Oblast, where the road is cracked and weary with age, a traveler may c...

Shum-Gora

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Shum-Gora

Iskolena: A Mystical Tale from Russian Folk Beliefs

Near the town of Troitsk, there still stand three linden trees, famed throughout the surrounding region. They sprang from a single root, yet came to be known collectively by the name Iskolena . In ancient times...

Публикация: 12.01.2024

Iskolena: A Mystical Tale from Russian Folk Beliefs

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Reference: 12.01.2024

Iskolena: A Mystical Tale from Russian Folk Beliefs

Devil's Church — Pirunkirkko: The Mystical Rocks of Karelia

To visit the Church of the Devil, you can travel far to San Francisco to meet the followers of the hedonistic Anton Szandor LaVey, or you can visit the surroundings of the Karelian village of Kurkiyoki, located in what...

Devil's Church — Pirunkirkko: The Mystical Rocks of Karelia

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Devil's Church — Pirunkirkko: The Mystical Rocks of Karelia

An alien from the mythological age.

It was just an ordinary, long-abandoned house in an uninhabited village - a leaky roof that had caused the floors to fail in some places, and the remaining floorboards were a bit scary to step on.

Публикация: 21.11.2023