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Church of Transfiguration

Russia · Arts / Architecture. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1714Date range
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Chronological records

1714

Peter I the Great1714

Kizhi Island · Arts / Architecture

In response to St. Petersburgs classicism, traditionalists build the Church of the Transfiguration, on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, with 22 domes, the most complex wooden structure ever built in Russia

Names involved

Peter I the Great

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