Fairy-tale houses in Russian villages

Some people in Russia still live in traditional wooden houses called huts. But not all the huts were created equal, and the hostess turned her house into real mansions.

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1. House of blacksmith Kirillova, Sverdlovsk region.

The small village of Kunara became famous throughout the country thanks to the unusual house belonging to the family of local blacksmith Sergei Kirillov. Kirillov worked overseeing the house from 1954 until the end of his life. The house is decorated with cashiers-carved window frames, as well as colorful floral ornaments and Soviet symbols, as well as pioneers and red flags with the slogan "World of Peace" with the image of Vladimir Lenin in the center of the facade.

2. House of Krasnoderevshchika Kaloshina, Nizhny Novgorod region.

The village of Purekh in the Nizhny Novgorod region is known for its houses with carved windows and facades. Many purehchans worked in the local furniture factory and have experience working in the woods. The most interesting buildings you will find on Lugovaya Street. This greenhouse with figures of deer belongs to the family of red-haired Nikolai Kaloshin. He worked on its decoration from the beginning of the 1970s until his death several years ago. Thanks to travelers and bloggers, the house became known to the whole country.

3. Shesteperova Krasnoderevchik house, Nizhny Novgorod region.

Next to Kaloshin's house, there is another real tree - a luxuriously decorated wooden house, where together with the family lives another redwood grower Konstantin Shesteperov. Now he is almost 90 years old. The blue facade of the house is decorated with fairy-tale birds and sea monsters. Shesteperov says he needed three winter months to finish his home.

4. House with a dragon, Yaroslavl region.

This house in the village of Durasovo since the 1980s belongs to the carpenter Nikolai Krylov. He dreamed of becoming an artist, and that is how he realized this dream. Practically everything in the house he pushed with his hands. At first, he set up a rotating veranda on the roof so that guests could admire the surrounding species. Then in 2011, a figure of the Slavic fairy-tale serpent Snake Gorynicha appeared in the house. At night, the dragon's eyes glow with red light.

5. Old-fashioned houses, Buryatia.

In Buryatia, there is the village of Tarbagatai, where the descendants of the elders live. Joins the Association of the most beautiful villages of Russia. Here you will feel the incredible contrast with other Buryat villages, the population of which is primarily Buddhist.

6. Fairytale house, Sverdlovsk region.

The village of Visim is the birthplace of the Russian writer Dmitry Mamina-Siberia, but curious tourists are also attracted to the wooden house, which is full of fairy-tale characters. The house belongs to Vitaly Cherepanov. He used to work as a locksmith in Nizhny Tagil, but after retiring he and his wife bought this house in the quiet village of Visim, and he worked as a woodcutter.

7. Openwork house, Ivanovo region.

The openwork house appeared in the village of Soymitsy in the 1960s. Built by Konstantin Muratov, he became one of the most famous buildings in the region during the Soviet era and was photographed by journalists of leading newspapers and magazines. Muratov worked as a herdsman on a local collective farm, and in the evenings he worked as a carpenter in a workshop. The carved facade of his house is reminiscent of patterns embroidered on the windows, there are images of birds and fish from Russian fairy tales. After that, as he decorated his house, the neighbors began to ask him to help decorate other houses in the village, and at the end of Muratov cut a dozen window frames. He died in 2011, but his widow Alevtina lives in the house until now.