Permilovskaya Anna

Wooden Chapels in the Russian North and the Arctic Orthodox Traditions

Abstract

The chapels are one of the most striking manifestations of the traditional culture and wooden architecture of XVIII early XX centuries. They are firmly entrenched in the existing system of the Russian North and the Arctic sacred and cultural landscape. The article discusses the reasons for setting chapels in the historical-typological characteristics place of worship, prayer for the dead, chapels-burial vaults, chapels of promise and “ordinary”, commercial chapels. These functional characteristics are reflected in the formation of their architectural and design features. The study empirical considers revising 34 architectural expeditions’ materials, which 368 settlements were surveyed. Another significant part of the material was collected in the Arkhangelsk, Vologda regions, Karelia, Moscow, St.-Petersburg, Nenets Autonomous Okrug archives and museums. The Russian and Western Europe material acquired through many years of study open air museums exhibits and folk architecture monuments "in situ" were considered in the study also.

Keywords

Russian North, Arctic, chapel, wooden architecture, Orthodox Christianity, chapel’s typology.

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Information about the author

Permilovskaya Anna

Academic Degree: Doctor of Sciences* in Culturology;
Place of work: Federal research centre for integrated study of the Arctic, Russian Academy of Sciences; 23, naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny st., Arkhangelsk 163000, Russian Federation;
Email: permikh@mail.ru.

*According to ISCED 2011, a post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences (D.Sc.) is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates.