Kizhi Pogost is a historic religious enclosure dating from the seventeenth century on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Within its fenced grounds stand two large wooden churches and a bell tower, built entirely of wood, and it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1990.
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Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Kizhi Pogost (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, located there.
Sources
1. Kizhi Pogost (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia "Kizhi Pogost" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
Kizhi Pogost is a historic religious enclosure dating from the seventeenth century on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Within its fenced grounds stand two large wooden churches and a bell tower, built entirely of wood, and it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1990.
Uses Element: Timber, Introduction
despite being built exclusively of wood
View the Source 2. Kizhi Pogost (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1714)
Wikidata item Q477462, property P571: 1714
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Pogost)
Wikidata item Q477462, instance of (P31): pogost
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Kizhi, Russia
Wikidata item Q477462, property P131/P17 (location): Kizhi, Russia
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