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Thank you to English Russia and Lucy Inglis
Abandoned Russian “Medieval” Wooden Houses
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wow…astounding. I want to know more…who lived there…how long people lived there…how long it’s been empty…are those stairs sloping…it’s incredible!
I don’t think it’s medieval, but it is lovely nevertheless.
That’s gorgeous. But medieval? Really? I don’t know anything about medieval Russian architecture but that looks very 19th C to me.
Doesn’t look medieval to me either.
Perhaps a building has been there since medieval times or maybe the foundations are medieval?
But what we see doesn’t look older then a century, maybe 2.
It is more then lovely though.
I agree that it doesn’t look like a medieval building.
Still, it looks amazing. I’d love to have a good ol’ nosey around it.
Can you tell me WHERE in Russia this is? Thanks!!
Beautiful but kind of sad. I wonder why it was abandoned.
Really wanderful and precious, but… definitely NOT medieval!
Maybe built between 1850 and 1900.
There are at least two houses shown there, the very first image is a different one as the other external views are all surrounded by trees.
But fabulous photography!
I think the photographer/retronaut dude meant to say that in the mid-19th century there was a *revival* of medieval architecture. Though I’d be far more inclined to see this as Gothic Revival style architecture.
Regardless, I’d die of happiness if I could get my hands on that farm table next to the red hutch.
Beautiful… I can hear the strains of Lara Theme just by looking at these pics…. and with the help of youtube – go on give it a try..
Not at all “medieval,” but a great deal of Italian Renaissance influence can be seen on part of the facade, and with the head of that darling staircase, & in the last picture.
Livejournal entry by the photographer, Andrew Qzmn, where the outside photos were originally posted: http://qzmn.livejournal.com/6780.html#cutid1
(The indoor photos appear to be from elsewhere; in that entry you can see what the inside of these houses really looks like.)
@Jane, they’re in Kostroma Oblast, near the city of Kostroma, which is on the Volga River a bit to the northeast of Moscow.
This is NOT medival house but VICTORIAN! look at the details and circular addition to the house outside and windows
very very victorian
Beautiful. Given the young age of the trees surrounding the house I would say it hasn’t been abandonded for too long.
Guys (1) these houses are not medieval – one was built in 1897 another one in 1903 (2) the one with furniture is not abandoned – it belongs to a friend, an artist who bought it from village council back in 1972 and saved it from destruction like the other one, since the village became abandoned. (3) The one which is ruined I am restoring with a help of a few friends. The story of the houses is quite interesting. They were built by two friends, local peasants who left their villages for St petersburg, rose from construction workers to propritors of large construction businesses (in fact one of them had worked as contractor during renovation of Winter Palace in St Pete in 1890s). Both of these peasants quit St Pete to retire in their home villages and built these estates there. Both houses were built without an architect, by these peasants themselves, but one used plans and drawings of fashionable Russian architect who was one of the creators of this”gingerbread” Russian art-noveau style of the 1870s-80s-90s. The houses stand 18km apart from each other in now abandoned villages. We plan to open guesthouse/museum/hunting lodge in the one we are renovating. The other one as I mentioned is private summer house of the artist from Moscow.
More info can be found at http://kopanga.livejournal.com and http://ostashevo.com (sorry all in Russian, but google translate is becoming better everyday, isn’t it?)
… I’m surprised that no one has mentioned that these houses are not medieval. (Doesn’t anyone read the other comments before commenting?)
Anyway, gorgeous post. I always like the emphasis on image over text on Retronaut. We all do enough reading on the Internet; sometimes a bit of mystery, and taking the images for what they are, is nice.
Lu:
“I’m surprised that no one has mentioned that these houses are not medieval. (Doesn’t anyone read the other comments before commenting?)”
…..I suggest you follow some of your own advice. 9/17 of the comments so far have discussed how it is not medieval.
That being said, very cool images. It’s posts like these that make me realize how much of the world I am missing.
@Lu – I’m also surprised how no one else has mentioned that the houses are not Medieval… And also how the last guy doesn’t get your sarcasm. Don’t worry buddy, I thought the same thing.
@Kopanga – cheers for posting that, it’s brilliant to have such an accurate history of the houses and it’s also great to know that they’re going to be restored and looked after for future generations to enjoy. Good job.