Last night once again reminded us that the enemy is insidious and stops at nothing,” Onyshchuk wrote. She said the strike ...

In 1852-54 a new Ascension Church was built of brick nearby, and the wooden church fell into disrepair. Thanks to its unusual, archaic form, local clergy were persuaded to repair the church.

The ancient Russian Chronicles contain references to complex churches of wood, such as the first church of St. Sophia in Novgorod (989?), an oak structure with 13 cupolas. How to get there ...

The fire quickly engulfed the church built exclusively from wood, and fire teams that arrived within minutes were unable to save it. The church, built in 1774 on the shores of Lake Onega, was broadly ...

MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Most wooden churches and chapels in Russia’s north, 72% and 54% accordingly, have fallen into a state of disrepair and are in need of conservation, the press service of ...

The lost churches of Russia: Haunting images of abandoned wooden buildings crumbling to dust in remote forests. By ANNA EDWARDS . Published: 20:53 EDT, 22 December 2012 | Updated: 03:06 EDT, 23 ...

In a high-ceilinged lab at Lviv Polytechnic National University in western Ukraine, a high-tech Leica laser scanner whirred to life, spinning on its tripod as it mapped Ukraine's historic wooden ...

PETROZAVODSK, August 10. /TASS/. The 18th-century wooden Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, which burned to the ground in the city of Kondopoga located in Russia’s northwestern ...

Russia’s wooden architecture, especially its churches, was hardly a priority during Soviet times and now many of the unique old buildings are very close to total ruin. A new book documents the ...

Russian attacks destroyed a local architectural monument – the wooden Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the occupied village of Andriivka, Volnovakha district, Donetsk Oblast.

An 18th-century church widely seen as a marvel of Russia's wooden architecture has been destroyed by a fire.