image creditAlmost three hundred years ago the Russian inhabitants around Lake Onega decided that they needed two new churches - the old ones had burned down in a fire. It was decided that the island in the middle of the lake, Kizhi, would be the ideal place for their new place of worship.
So began the construction of a pair of what have become two of the oldest exclusively wooden churches in the world. All who see them agree - they are multi-story, multi-cupola, single-block masterpieces.The Presurfer
