Photos from Arkhangelsk, Northwest, Russia, Europe

Wooden churches and bell tower under restoration in Lyadiny, Arkhangelskaya Oblast

Wooden church and bell tower in Saunino, Arkhangelskaya Oblast

Church in Kargopol, Arkhangelskaya Oblast

Church cvered in wooden scaffolding, Kargopol, Arkhangelskaya Oblast

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas...more history

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