The following church built in 1790 is located in the former village of Krokhino (Vologda oblast) flooded in the beginning of 1960th with the construction of Volga-Baltic Canal. The church was standing on the upland and survived the flooding but was abandoned. And here are the views of the present state of the church by shtish. The last picture is the photo of the church captured in the year of 1910.

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Uspenskaya church constructed in 1694 and located in Nelazskoye village of Vologda oblast is known as a masterpiece of Russian wooden architecture (photos by av_otus, clickable).

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Russia is becoming known not only for its glorious past remains like churches and fortresses but for newly built masterpieces like the following one – the church constructed in 2000-2001 in Nadovrazhino village, Istrinsky district of Moskovskaya oblast. It was built on the place where the church of 18th century had been standing before being destroyed in the 1930th (the photos were captured by av_otus)

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