The postcard shows the 24-domed Intercession church on the Vytegra River named the Church of our Saviour and the Protection of the Mother of God (Церковь Спасителя и Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы. Вытегорский Погост). The church was built in wood in 1708 and burnt down to the ground by accident in 1963. It has not been restored so far.
This colour photograph by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii was taken in 1909. Sergei documented a great number of Russian heritage sites throughout the Russian Empire. Without his work, the image of this magnificent church would have been lost.
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