Wednesday, June 06, 2007

The Present-day Village

Handmade crafts in the window of a house


After touring the Cossack fortress, we walked through the village to the cathedral and belltower. These are pics from along the way...

A babushka in her natural habitat


A view of the Cossack fortress from the belltower


A view of the village from the belltower


A view of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral from the belltower


A ghostly statue in the basement of the belltower


Inside the cathedral


The icon wall inside the cathedral


I was expecting one of Snow White's dwarves to come through that gate


Exterior view of the cathedral. The belltower is unseen off to the left


Local house...


...and another


Home and garden


An empty home near the park


A monument in the park


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