The Russian Churches Built without Nails
Two wooden churches and a bell tower have proudly stood on Kizhi Island in Russia for hundreds of years, weathering the test and tumult of time with only a tree-born tenacity. That's a dramatic way of saying that these impressive and ornate structures were built in the traditional Russian carpentry style, using only wooden logs with interlocking corners-no nails or metal supports here whatsoever. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Church of the Transfiguration, the Church of the Intercession and their corresponding bell tower are a reminder that craft and ingenuity really are what building's all about.
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@hidde228
7 жыл бұрын
It will blow up at some point, and I'm not sure that will be a good thing.
@hihm8169
7 жыл бұрын
Aaron Halliday all the little channels start out weak but they have pure contents. But I'm worried they might jump into the mainstream like buzzfeed and vox once it becomes popular. I wish this channel will maintain its quality even if it gets the spotlight
@aaronhalliday9260
7 жыл бұрын
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@MartinTabanag
7 жыл бұрын
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@nicksalivio849
6 жыл бұрын
whats underrated?
people used to build wooden things without metal because it helped make them last longer. if a structure was madw with all the right kinds of wood then it would expand and contract together with the changing seasons/elements.
awesome. this really reminds me of Finland's traditional log-house. no nail used to put the logs together. very impressive technique indeed.
@MyLovelyButtercup
4 жыл бұрын
This is a russian building tradition as well.. both nations uses wood to build..
@32ivan23
Жыл бұрын
this is because Finland was part of the Russian Empire.
@jonahulichny9874
3 ай бұрын
They are close geographically, so it makes sense.
I fall in love with many russian cathedrals and some dacha, I'm atheist but it's not keeping me to approach and appreciate these beautiful buildings
someone needs to put a box of nails in one room.
@javiervillacorta3847
3 жыл бұрын
the guard: "whoever it was, he nailed it"
My country
@finnishguy4002
6 жыл бұрын
nowan knows karelian republic?
@dzzqq
3 жыл бұрын
@@finnishguy4002 COUNTRY, not republic.
the beauty of Orthodox Christianity!
@alexobery9813
3 жыл бұрын
Not so pretty when it’s endorsing a dictator or killing people though.
@MrVlad12340
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexobery9813 catholic church did all that and also created Inquisition.
@alexobery9813
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrVlad12340 not saying it didn't. Just saying like anything, we should try not to romanticize too much institutions.
@foxylady4580
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexobery9813 what has orthodox church to do anything with that? Stalin and lenin were "bolshveks" an athiest party they shut down all churches even made some monasteries as gulag camps
@AlternateTimelord
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexobery9813 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_anti-religious_legislation ????
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@MartinTabanag
7 жыл бұрын
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This channel is really amazing. Keep making these amazing videos
I swear to God this church was used in the movie Salt with Angelina Jolie. I remember there was a part where it showed her training growing up in Russia and it was definitely there!
@BooksRebound
7 жыл бұрын
Or wait, I think in Salt it was white.... I don't know then. But I definitely recognized it from some movie or show. It kinda reminds me of Crimson Peaks but that's still not it
@user-bu7zl9px4e
7 жыл бұрын
Matthew Bryan true.
The narrator is mispronouncing "Kizhi". The [zh] should be similar to the pronunciation of ⟨s⟩ in "treasure"; the first "i" should sound close to the pronunciation of ⟨i⟩ in "bin"; the last "i" is the most difficult sound, for it is unique to Slavic languages, but you can also pronounce it as the first [i] . The name is pronounced with stress on the first syllable.
@casestudy3708
7 жыл бұрын
Don't be a bore and just admire it. They've done a good enough job.
@paoloemmanuelpaz3694
7 жыл бұрын
Ksenia Kalinina This is a good comment
@sadgyalsada
7 жыл бұрын
Case Study "good enough job" yeah, but now I know how to pronounce Kizhi properly because of Ksenia.
@MartinTabanag
7 жыл бұрын
fun fact!
@luigimini2124
6 жыл бұрын
Its actually Kiži
I agree, this is one Amazing Channel !
So awesome, beautiful church.
this is phenomenal architecture!
This is so beautiful! I only wish it were being used for worship!
dont u hate it when u create an absolute master piece and before you know it ur drowing because its was too beautful. #relatable
Stunningly beautiful
Looks amazing
This reminds me of the large spiral staircase in an old church in sante fe, new Mexico. It was also built without nails, and supposedly by one person in a single night.
@skyfeelan
2 жыл бұрын
that reminds me of multiple candi (building used for worship), heck, even mountains from my country that was supposedly built in a single night
Marvelous, well done.
The traditional Shangri-La houses are also made only with woods. And if someone wants to have a new home, they have to build it themselves (with help of their fellow villagers), and they also have to cut the trees from their village's mountain. But of course, they're not as grand as this church, but still pretty cool though.
@allen8376
7 жыл бұрын
We visited there on a school trip.
This is unbelievable
Amazing
Wow that's amazing 😱😱😱
keejee Island...the zh is like the buzzing of a bee
beautiful
Impressive
i've always wondered how this channel uploads 2 times a day about everything around the world?
@MartinTabanag
7 жыл бұрын
me too. im guessing they have a huge team.
@tams805
7 жыл бұрын
They're funded by CNN and use freelancers.
Sounds like the primordial beginnings of Lego, if you ask me.
In Malaysia also have a royal palace built using no nail or screws fyi
Good very nice...
in Malaysia we have old houses without nails or screws
Hi. That's a nice church. Did the architects get the technique from Japan, called Sashimo (no nails). God bless Proverbs 31
We have alot of these in our country too, they are cool but not this big
in malaysia we have a mosque without nails
I was like wow this thing lasted that long, then he said until the 19th century then they restored it.
ahh i see they used screws? [:
@dahm781
7 жыл бұрын
Its a joke about how they said "without using nails"
@Giordansdetailing
7 жыл бұрын
lol you're so dumb.
@jiminybillybob4148
7 жыл бұрын
not sure who the dumb one here, the joking one or the one who didn't get it was a joke....
@dahm781
7 жыл бұрын
not sure if i should feel offended or the other guy...
@AndreasBoD
7 жыл бұрын
Whether you should "feel offended or the other guy"... That's easy, feel the other guy.
I can't believe i have never been there .
Last time I was this early I wasn't.
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looks like the place from the show The OA
Where's the big bad wolf when you need him?
Isn't this a mount & blade map?
*coughs tartarian architecture *coughs research mud floods *coughs
Easy af, **just use Flex tape!**
anyone know the song name and artist? plase tell me :D
didnt the japanese also made nail-less building?
@p3arl38
7 жыл бұрын
You're right. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera
@mervecolak2341
7 жыл бұрын
Hanif Ong yep
@AkeN996
7 жыл бұрын
There are also some wooden churches in Romania with no nails or with few wooden nails.
@hangthanh9534
7 жыл бұрын
i don't know that. thank you
@skippymagrue
7 жыл бұрын
The Tabernacle in Salt Lake City was made without nails.
Thank you foe this video. Love Russia
I read some here, laughed :)) We borrowed technology from Japan - a masterpiece!!! It is elementary to find out the year of the church's construction (1694-1714), the location on the world map (Karelia, next to Finland, and even Sweden is closer), and finally clarify, and when official data on contacts of Russian researchers with Japan appeared (1739, and the official ambassador appeared in Japan in 1804)??? ! (I think about the closeness of Japan then for the outside world it is not worth reminding, at least it is known to commentators, I hope). Well, yes, in general, this is about how to say that the ancient Egyptians, Mayans, Aztecs borrowed architecture from the Eiffel. Bravo.
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anyone know the song?
NAGUUMAPAW
In poland we have similar
There are many ancient Chinese Buildings built without any nails as well.
Tengok pelbagai jenis church…. Tengok dalam Ada apa…. Apa kita boleh letak/ reka kalau kita buat masjid Islam…. Tengok bertabah cantik church orang ni….. Tengok juga masjid masjid yang tercantik di dunia
It's not „kaizai“, it's „keeżee“! Я гарантирую это.
Plot twist! They used screws.
☦️☦️☦️☦️orthodox Christian church
So it used screws
hold my beer
@KK-fe8tu
7 жыл бұрын
Gantulga Erdenesambuu ok
So without nails they nailed it?
@EduardBuchholz
11 ай бұрын
Woden nails. Ikea have them to day, you primitive human.
I glanced at the title and thought it said standing without nazis
At least they didnt screw up HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Im sorry
Why didn’t you explain how they did it 😂
God bless Russia.
I love Russia
Reads rather as kee-jee, not kee-zai. zh is analog of sh with sound.
love it, russian are representative of most beauty in the world
@AkeN996
7 жыл бұрын
Of course! However, that can be obviously said about any other culture in a way or another.
I'm pretty sure ancient Japanese temples were all build that same way, interlocking pieces with no nails.
@penand_paper6661
6 жыл бұрын
I have heard the longhouses of the northwest coast were also built that way, too.
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Minecraft irl
Well Japan built houses without using nails far before 300 years
1 question,what's the main religion in Russia or let's say the major religion in Russia?
@clark9911
7 жыл бұрын
Yudati12 oh I'm so sorry I did not know that,but thank you so much for answering my question 😊
@arseniyosipov9337
4 жыл бұрын
@@LuoLin_Wei I would exclude Judaism, not really traditional religion in Russia.
@lukStSerb
4 жыл бұрын
@@clark9911 The Russian Orthodox Church is the fastest growing in the country with 80% of the Russian population being of Ortho Christian faith. Coincidentally maybe, the population of Russian ethnicity in Russia is as well at about 80%.. So it's pretty obvious which is the major religion in Russia.
This wooden church is nothing special we have dozen of them is south poland
real educational so they say pictures mean million words?only church with out nails an build by in russia.. so jesus an disciples an all were black or dark skin people.?.that church owns gods sons the jesus an lusifur was not white? im just asking the church shows color people not white color
@avorotcivanin
5 жыл бұрын
all orthodox icons show Jesus and most saints as tan... we are not obsessed with race, being "white", or white washing history. we respect all peoples.
@nunyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
2 жыл бұрын
Catholic Christians have many tanned Saints and we have a Our Lady of Czestochowa of Poland who appeared and said “I’m black and I’m beautiful” and also Our Lady of Guadalupe etc it’s not about race it depends what icons the church uses in fact the largest churches are built in Africa 🙏
They can’t rebuilt because they didn’t build them
@interpretolog
9 ай бұрын
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Russia is great
Last time I was this early I wasn't.