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Photograph: Ancient five-walled log house. Russians

Title:

Photograph: Ancient five-walled log house

Ethnic groups:

Russians

Territory:

Arkhangelsk province, district

Date:

1912

Collectors-person:
Kostikov Leonid V.
Photographer:

Kostiko L.V.
Dimensions:

11,6 x 16,7

Number:

РЭМ 2637-80

Annotation:

The picture shows a five-walled log house, a a building divided in the middle by a transverse log bearing wall installed simultaneous with the erection of the frame. The house is built upon a high basement, which formed a first storey and was used as cattleshed, barn, storage place, and warehouse. The house has a V-shaped roof decorated with carved bargeboards – “eaves” and a ridge beam or apex, and a balcony arranged in front of two windows. Abstract by O.G. Baranova

Albums:
Arctic. The Pomors
Rus:
Фотоотпечаток: Старинная пятистенная изба. Русские