Malye Korely is the largest open air museum of wooden architecture and folk art.
Malye Korely is the largest open air museum of wooden architecture and folk art.
Photo: Church of the Ascension, from Kushereka village, left, with the bell tower, right.
Photo: Church of the Ascension, from Kushereka village, left, with the bell tower, right.
The museum lies 25 kilometers from Arkhangelsk.
The museum’s area covers nearly 140 hectares, with 120 churches, chapels, bell towers, peasant houses, mills, and barns built in the 16th –early 20th centuries.
Malye Korely Museum is the keeper of original heritage of the Arkhangelsk region. Folklore festivals are held regularly.
The House of Yakov Pukhov, a rich peasant
Malye Korely museum of wooden architecture and folk art is entered on the list of most valuable cultural heritage sites in Russia.
Interior of Kargopol peasant’s house
Interior of Chapel of St. Makary of Unzhensk and Zhyoltye Vody
Tent-like windmill
The Church of the Ascension, from Kushereka village, left, with the bell tower, right
