Welcome to the Kargopol!
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The town of Kargopol is one of the ancient towns of northern Russia. It was founded in 1146 by Novgorodians. Kargopol stands on the both sides of the Onega river in the south-west of the Archangelsk region not far from the Latcha Lake.
Our town is famous for its precious monuments of medieval Russian architecture (the wooden and Stone churches mainly). The earliest of these buildings is the stone cathedral of Nativity of Christ, 1562.
You can find some wooden churches in the neighbourhood of Kargopol: in Krusniya Lyaga (1655) in Saunino (1665), architectural ensemble in Lyadiny (two churches and a bell-tower, 18 th century). There are very few churches left in Russia where you can see extremely beautiful "sky": the church of Manifestation of the Lord in Oshevensk, the church of St. John Good Speaker in Saunino.