18th Century Wooden Churches of Povazhye: Traditions and Local Peculiarities

Abstract

The article deals with insufficiently explored wooden church monuments of the 18th century in the Shenkursky uyezd of the Arkhangelsk province. Methodology is based on studying archival historical sources, conducting field surveys and historical-architectural analysis of shapes, as well as comparison with analogues. The study aims to identify the peculiarities of architectural and structural solutions of the objects by comparing them with their analogues in the broad context of wooden architecture of the entire region. Architectural peculiarities of the churches in question revealed by the study correspond to the characteristic traditions of wooden architecture in Povazhye. Typological analysis of the studied objects is provided.