Beautiful crafsmanship. One poster following the article noted the lack of graffiti on the abandoned buildings.
Thanks for posting.

The same thing is happening throughout the west. Churches are being abandoned as secular socialism/marxism gains strength. How many young people attend church on a regular basis as opposed to a generation ago?

Oh, wow...just...wow. How lovely, and how sad.

As go a country´s churches, so goes its soul. Beware, America.

Russia is also facing a plummeting population -- also a warning for the US, but a slightly different one.

Communist nations ban the churches. In nations like ours, the churches are attacked by Progressives in hopes that one day they´ll have the political power to ban them.

They replaced their religion with the government.

It´s happening here in the USA.

Churches are also being replaced by secular edifices that mimic churches: casinos, movie theaters, shopping malls, all with a focus on a false idol (money, celebrities, consumerism), with specific rituals, sounds, and smells (example: the clinking of slot machines, the smell of popcorn), and a promise to make you happy. How often do you hear that someone could spend a couple of hours in a mall or a casino, but can´t spend 45 minutes at Mass on Sunday?

"The photographer´s adventure began after he learned of artist Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, his website says."

So Bilibin, in addition to being a brilliant artist, was also a photographer? Did I read that right? I am in awe.

For buildings that have been neglected for decades, those churches actually seem to be standing up pretty well. I wonder if it´s the cold.

Soon to be converted and occupied by Muslims.

Yes, beautiful and sad at the same time. And to think they are all made from wood. Some very talented people built some lovely buildings. I am glad this man took the time to document these building so they will not be forgotten.

It´s not clear to me when some of these churches were built. Some are pics from 1902, and others were built after that?

Ted in Michigan

Probably thanks to these churches being out in more rural areas, they have survived in this form, which is remarkably good.

Many historic churches in less remote areas were totally destroyed by the Bolsheviks.

Will check Davies´ website and look for the book.

One of the most fascinating, wonderful and enigmatic cultures was suffocated and crushed by the communist revolutionaries. Russian culture has never revived.

When you kill the soul, you have eradicated the life, Being. All this in order to serve --and service-- the State.