Wednesday, May 29, 2019

POTD: Windows of Mandrogy

From 2018 08 15 Mandrogy
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Mandrogy, Russia. The photos are of various windows in the village.
Verkhnie Mandrogi, or "Upper Falls," was once a small village on the banks of the Svir between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. The town was ruined during World War II and disappeared from maps for many years. But in 1996 an enterprising Russian, Sergei Gutzeit, got the idea of reconstructing it as a sort of open air museum about traditional Russian villages for the benefit of travelers taking river cruises between St. Petersburg and Kizhi. It has a small hotel and several houses built of brightly painted pine logs, windmills, vodka and bread museums, craftspeople (potters, weavers, jewelers, etc.), a moose farm, a stable, an archery range, trout and carp fishing, and a small zoo featuring bears, raccoon dogs and other animals.
Bonus photos after the jump.


From 2018 08 15 Mandrogy

From 2018 08 15 Mandrogy

From 2018 08 15 Mandrogy

From 2018 08 15 Mandrogy

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