Permanent Exhibition: «Cargo-Poly Wood Architecture»
Within the scope of the project «Art of Creation: The Architecture of Kargopol.» Kargopol Historical, Architectural, and Art Museum, Kargopol, 2025The project was supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, timed to commemorate the 880th anniversary of the city of Kargopol, and was implemented in partnership with the A.V. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture.
Unique architectural ensemble of the 17th–18th centuries. St. John Chrysostom Church (1665) with a bell tower. Saulino Village
Project curators—Olga Prigodina, Deputy Director for Scientific Work at the Kargopol Museum, and Tatiana Korobova, the museum’s Chief Architect—synthesized a vast archive of historical sources concerning wooden churches, which formed the basis of the exhibition that presents the complete history of wooden architecture in Kargopol for the first time.
The exhibition sections explore the unique trajectory of wooden architecture in the Russian North—its traditions and the craftsmanship of northern builders. A timeline vividly illustrates the peak and scale of wooden construction from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The exhibition is further supplemented by a section showcasing the tools used to create these temples: axes, adzes, and pegs.
Architecture, Exhibition Design: Alexander Ermolaev, Victoria Obydenova, Yulia Kryukova, Maria Mikhnevich, Daria Ermolaeva, Alexander DvernikPhotography: Konstantin Shulika
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