RU-2786825 The Church of the Saviour 1712 in the Museum of Wooden Architecture, Kostroma

Kostroma is an old city located about 300 km from Moscow and is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers. There are approximately 280,000 inhabitants in the city proper. The open-air ethnographic Museum of Wooden Architecture is located in Kostroma. This museum has existed since 1958 and it has splendid examples of wooden structures which exist in this area. One of these structures is the Church of the Saviour.

Kostroma is in the Middle Volga Region which was once extremely rich in timber. The availability of this resource has determined the building characteristics of this region. It should be mentioned that till the end of the 17th century building construction of stone was extremely rare in Kostroma – even houses of the richest noblemen and merchants were made of wood. The house of Marfa, the mother of the Russian tsar Mikhail Romanov, was not an exception.

Ancient wooden churches and other monuments of Kostroma’s old architecture can be seen in the Museum of Wooden Architecture as well as spread out in the territory of the Kostroma Region.

This postcard was sent by Natalia (2 July 2014) Postcrossing.