Kirillov's house (

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: Дом кузнеца Кириллова) is a prominent naïve decorative building located in the village Kunara of Sverdlovsk region in

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. The building is a private residential home constructed between 1954 and 1967 by Sergey Kirillov, a

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of the village. The structure combines the outlines of a traditional Russian decorative house (''terem'') with rich colorful ornaments and visual elements suggestive of fairy tales, children art and

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propaganda imagery.

External links

*http://outsider-environments.blogspot.com/2011/03/sergey-kirillov-decorated-house.html *http://www.art-insolite.com/envirmonde/russia/pages/sergeykirillov.htm *http://nashural.ru/Goroda_i_sela/kunara.htm Visionary environments Houses in Russia Cultural heritage monuments in Sverdlovsk Oblast {{Russia-struct-stub