Krasnaya Lyaga : Lost Village of the Russian North
The Church of the Presentation of the Lord and Archangel Michael, built in the second half of the 18th century, is all that remains of the village of Krasnaya Lyaga (“lyaga” in the northern Russian dialect means a puddle or a deep hollow), which at the beginning of the 20th century counted 30 households and nearly 200 inhabitants.
It is difficult to imagine now, but only some fifty years ago life still flourished here: houses stood, herds grazed, and people lived their everyday lives. Today there are only sparse groves, open field wastelands, swarms of mosquitoes, and an ancient tent-roofed church-tower — one of the last of its kind in the entire Russian North.
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