This rises like magic after we are in
The countryside looks much like Minnesota...until you see the homes...there are still many wood structures, the traditional Russian architecture of a bygone era
The school in Goritsy...there are 160+ students and 20 teachers. They begin studying English in second grade and can choose also to study french or German when they reached 5th grade
They have a map of the USA with notations to the right about where you find such things as cotton--wheat...and cowboys...
Also interested in Australia
And...
The Church of the Transfiguration is mammoth for these parts and, being a wooden structure, is getting badly needed , very expensive, very clever repair.
This is on Kizhi, a long, skinny island at the northern end of Lake Onega
This young man is using an ax, carving shingles out of aspen wood. These are used on the domes of the church. There are 22 domes needing 32,000 shingles
You could buy some shingles that have local scenes painted on them
The Church of the Intercession is just beyond the windmill. This is, of course, the heartland of beautiful old and new iconography
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