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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Abandoned Russian Churches

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Preserved: This intricately designed church stands alone and forgotten under the wide blue sky


There are some beautiful images of abandoned wooden churches of north west Russia in todays Daily Mail


The project has revealed the beautiful, but abandoned, wooden churches


These fragile, desecrated structures are on the verge of extinction, as no one has acted to care for them


Ramshackle: This church teeters on the brink of collapse, its foundations appearing to sink into the earth

The churches were constructed from the time of Prince Vladimir, who, on his conversion to Christianity in 988, commanded they should be built

Some of the treasured artwork remains unscathed, despite years of neglect
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