Kizhi Island Museum 10 July 2011
Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Sun 17 Jul 2011 12:46
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As promised we had an excursion around the island
which is a museum and a designated world heritage site. I took a photo of the
layout plan.
 It is the largest of several small islands in the
lake. Some of the ancient buildings here are in their original location anbd
others have been brought in so that they can be preserved. The island
originally had two churches and a separate bell tower which was added
later.
 The main church is on the left. It has some
scaffolding on it at the moment. The bell tower is in the middle and the small
church on the right. The small church was used in winter as it was easier to
heat. Inside the small church there are a series of icons, some very
ancient.
 We went on to look at a farmhouse. It seems that
the house, barn, hay store and workshops were incorporated into one
building.
 There are several chapels which have been moved to
the island
 It is interesting that they seem to have a
belltower as well as a spire.
 This is the oldest building which is reputed to go
back to the 14th Century.
We returned to our boats at about 2100.
 We leave in the morning at 1000 or that was the
plan but as I write this it is 10 past and no sign of anything happening yet. I
had a long chat with one of the organisers last night and it seems everywhere we
go the bureaucrats are making difficulties largely because there are no
precedents for a trip like this.
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