2. Old-Russian wooden architecture is the embodiment of beauty
and truth of Russian being. Magnificent wooden ensembles of town
fortresses with their blessed churches and belfries, peasant
farmsteads with numerous household constructions, huts and barns
represent the world of bygone Russia.
In olden days the major building materials were wood and clay,
since they were in abundance. According to historians, clay bricks
became widespread in Old Rus from the mid 10th century; as for
wood, it was used for building construction from time immemorial.
Wooden architecture became the basis of the peculiar style of
Russian ancient architecture, which provided optimal combination of
beauty and functionality.
Old masters kept special building technologies high. For many
centuries the main, and often the only tool of builders was the
axe. The saw tears wood-fibers, thus making them open for water. As
for the axe, it crushes fibers and so seals the butt-ends. This is
why saws were used only in joinery.
The splendour of old building masterpieces can be well observed in
special museums, harbouring those wooden rarities, restored and
taken care of.
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were found abandoned.
Some of them look like they are just left - even some furniture
stay in their places. The reason they are so undisturbed they
liedeep insidethe Russian forests.
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