基日岛

这座岛屿的景色可以用绝美来形容。碧水蓝天，全松木制的教堂在绿草的掩映下显得格外壮丽。阳关灿烂夏天是游览这里的最好时节，在太阳的照耀下木制教堂会在一天中的不同时段里呈现出不同的色彩。你可以从圣彼得堡一路搭乘邮轮南下经过四座小城到达莫斯科，基日岛就是其中一站。岛上常住人口不足50人，基本都是负责维护岛屿生态和教堂等建筑的工作人员，他们身着俄罗斯传统服饰，十分热情。岛上的教堂建筑群建于十五世纪，绝对是难得一见的伟大创造。假如你来到俄罗斯就一定要来这里看一看，基日岛绝对会让你流连忘返。

I don't know if I'd have visited if I'd realized how reconstructed everything was. The first time I saw a photo of the Church of Transfiguration I gasped in astonishment and knew I had to go there and see it with my own eyes. I now understand that the old believers, have not been around for almost 100 yrs., and all the craftsmen are there strictly for the summer tourists. All the old Karelian buildings have been brought to the island to make them more available and to protect them, but that may not be the entire story, as a lot of money changes hands with this popular tourist attraction. And while I understand that keeping up a wooden building is labor intensive, doesn't the present restoration violate the spirit of this holy place? In Japan all the oldest wooden temples are routinely rebuilt after a specified time, but it is my belief that they rebuild them using traditional techniques with traditional material, in so far as possible. It doesn't look like that is what is being done on Kizhi.

An absolute must do if you can, very difficult to get to, we travelled 3 days on a boat to get there. The building is truly extraordinary!

Kizhi Island has an open-air architectural museum and reserve. There are more than 80 wooden monuments representing folk wooden architecture, ancient Russian pictorial art, and cultural items of the region's various ethnic groups. The wooden churches and chapels were outstanding.The Church of the Transfiguration, with its 22 timbered onion domes is awe inspiring!The tranquility of the island is so peaceful and serene. Many old, beautiful buildings, monuments and landscaping that takes your thoughts away from the hustle and bustle of modern life.This is an attraction you do not want to miss! Many wonderful photo possibilities.Jon Lefeber

A beautiful place. They are working at restoring the main church and expect to have it finished and all of the icons returned in 2019. We decided to return and see it again then. It's beautiful now and I can only imagine what it will be like once it's finished. Do yourself a favor and take the time to visit Kizhi. It really is a jewel.

A very unusual collection of wooden buildings, Bath Houses, Houses, Barns,Churches, Windmills etc. Church with many domes and meant to have been constructed without a single nail! Book a Guide who will explain the purposes of all the different buildings. As you walk around there are crafts people demonstrating their unique skills which brings the past to life. So good to see these ancient skills are still being preserved. A very interesting visit, would recommend it if you are in this part of Russia.(For those who have mobility needs, there is Wooden decking at the start of the walk around the small island, wheelchair access is 'ok -ish' as long as you have a strong pair of hands. It is fairly flat with no gravel, but not all buildings are accessible for sole wheelchair users.)

We were blessed with perfect, sunny, windless weather and an excellent, witty and well prepared guide. This tiny island with its several churches deserves its heritage listing. If you just let it sink in, you can get a real feel for how life was for ordinary folk for hundreds of years. The 22 domes on the Transfiguration church are exquisite, as is the care being taken with the old building's restoration and the icons in the smaller winter church nearby are fascinating. The interior and exterior of the well to do merchant/farmer is extremely well done too. We only had a couple of hours there and would have loved at least another two or three hours just to explore at pleasure, but might have felt differently if it had been cold, wet and windy.

Kizhi is a fantastic collection of churches, belfries, chapels and houses. Access is very good from the river boat jetty, there's a boardwalk that takes you right up to the Cathedral of Transfiguration.Be sure to watch the craftsmen producing the aspen wood shingles used to clad the churches.There's a typical North Russian farmhouse complete with implements and furniture and close by the lake is the sauna.There are plenty of toilets and the whole site is accessible for wheelchairs if you take care.About a 30 minute walk away is the village of Kizhi, definitely worth the walk if you have time.

Lots of wooden buildings (and domed churches). It's a real museum in real old buildings and very knowledgeable guides. Interesting to find that everything had to come indoors for months in Winter: implements, boats, chicken and cows (kept not for meat & milk but for the other M, manure - very poor soil). Grandparents slept in the choice spot, on top of the stove, chickens underneath it. Be prepared for quite long walks (over reasonable paths, maybe in windy conditions.

If your river cruise includes a visit to this island, then I think you'd be very pleased. This was probably the highlight of all the cathedrals we'd seen as i thought it was an amazing piece of architecture and the rest of the island museum site was great to see.

According to the popular legend, this church was built by a single man with only one tool - an axe! The Church of the Transfiguration was quite a beautiful sight, as was the entire stroll around the open air museum. A highlight on the waterway cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

This amazing open-air museum chronicles a a difficult way of life on Lake Onega-- iced in during winter and often impossible to reach during summer. The island was a place for trade, a place for "games", but as it grew, it became a community. The Church of the Transfiguration, the summer church, was built in its grandeur with its 22 domes without a using a single nail. The smaller Church of the Intercession was heated in winter. By visiting here, you feel the strength of endurance, courage and perseverance of all people. Most of all, you feel hope.

Stopped over along Lake Onega on a boat cruise from St Pete to Moscow. This is an island with 17th century buildings. The main Church of the Transfiguration, or Pogost has 22 wooden domes and it was built with no nails, but rather with interlocking pieces of wood. The church was built in 1708 but destroyed in 1963 and it has been under renovation since then, it seems. You cannot get inside.

Kizhi Pogost is a gorgeous UNESCO World Heritage site in Russia that contains a trio of ornate 17th century church buildings made entirely of wood. The structures were built entirely from wood without the use of nails, and they've withstood the test of time. Even today, the 22-domed church on the site is one of the world’s tallest wooden structures.

The Kizhi Open-Air Museum is incredibly out of the way; we were only able to visit it because it was included on our Viking River Cruise up the Volga and its tributaries from Moscow to St. Petersburg. It was by far the most important stop of the Volga portion of this trip. If we had come to Russia as independent travelers, it would definitely have been more difficult, although I believe not impossible. At any rate, I am very grateful we were able to see this astounding place, where an entire cluster of churches and other buildings, built entirely by hand out of wood, have been preserved. The only downside of our visit is that the main church of the Transfiguration has been undergoing restoration for many years, and one is not able to visit the inside of it. Also, it is perforce held up in part by modern structural reinforcements while the restoration work on the wood is going on. We were told that virtually no new wood is being used: only the old wood is being restored so that the structures may stand another 500 years or so. Visit it if you can.