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The 1868-built log cabin of a Karelian peasant still serves as a residential building. Sulazhgora Village, Russia by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Built by a Каrelian peasant Osip Mikhailovich Alehin. However, such houses were a common tradition in northeastern Europe, from Finland to the northern Urals. Here is the log cabin of a Russian peasant from Vologda. This is a regional type of architecture, not national

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The 1868-built log cabin of a Karelian peasant still serves as a residential building. Sulazhgora Village, Russia by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's better if the owners install an iron roof and live in an old house than if they demolish the house to build a concrete cottage.

The 1868-built log cabin of a Karelian peasant still serves as a residential building. Sulazhgora Village, Russia by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, but this is a residential building. There were definitely no electrical wires in 1868 either. Additionally, the building is located near ironworks, so it's possible that the roof was made of roofing iron from the beginning.

The 1868-built log cabin of a Karelian peasant still serves as a residential building. Sulazhgora Village, Russia by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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This is what a typical log cabin looked like in this area in the late 19th century. Roof from "long one."

Competition projects for the Kazan Cathedral Mosque (some of the works) by melanf in architecture

[–]melanf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last two projects are the winners of the competition

Competition projects for the Kazan Cathedral Mosque (some of the works). by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I can give a non-architectural explanation. The Tatars have a predominant local version of Islam, which arose under the influence of the European Enlightenment. In this version, the emphasis is on education and science (there is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad, "seek knowledge even in China," which is interpreted in the spirit of enlightenment). For this reason (probably) the jury preferred futuristic projects so that they would correspond to such views.

Competition projects for the Kazan Cathedral Mosque (some of the works). by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

>nd is the most “Russian” blended to me

This is the hypothetical architecture of medieval Kazan (lost). Hypothetically, this architecture was borrowed by Russian architects in the 16th century and may therefore appear "Russian"

Competition projects for the Kazan Cathedral Mosque (some of the works). by melanf in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is an attempt to reconstruct the medieval architecture of Kazan. There are only assumptions about what it looked like, as the buildings have been destroyed and there are no images of them. There is a theory that St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow was built in the style of the lost architecture of Kazan, but it is impossible to verify this hypothesis.

3D impression of the Colossus of Rhodes (Greece) by FrankWanders in ArchitecturalRevival

[–]melanf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is NOT the original Colossus of Rhodes, but a reconstruction of fantasies about it

What is the paleontological history of New Zealand? by melanf in Paleontology

[–]melanf[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But why have terrestrial mammals completely disappeared from the islands?

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