The Porzhensky Pogost (russian: Порженский погост) is a
pogost
''Pogost'' (russian: погост, from Old East Slavic: погостъ) is a historical term with several meanings in the Russian language. It has also been borrowed into Latgalian (''pogosts''), Finnish (''pogosta'') and Latvian (''pagasts'') ...
near the
Porzhenka in
Kenozersky National Park
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,
Russia
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, with several wooden religious buildings of 18th century, surrounded by partially preserved fence. Administratively, it is located in
Plesetsky District
Plesetsky District (russian: Плесе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Law #65-5-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Plesetsky Municipal District.Law ...
of
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...
. The Porzhensky Pogost is located at the outskirts of the abandoned village of Porzhenskoye, on top of a hill, in the center of a small field. The pogost was built on a secluded pagan site and includes an 18th-century church with a
bell tower
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, emulating the Russian architectural style of the 16th–17th centuries.
The pogost was designated by the Russian government as an architectural monument of federal significance (#2910079000).
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Buildings and structures in Arkhangelsk Oblast
18th-century religious buildings and structures
Wooden churches in Russia