Kizhi
Kizhi Pogost is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The island is located on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 23 residents
- Description: museum in Russia
- Also known as: “Kizhi Pogost”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kizhi and Kizhi.
Kizhi
Photo: NiaPol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kizhi is an island in Karelia, Russia. It is part of the Silver Ring of cultural and historical centers of Northwestern Russia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yersenevo and Vasilyevo.
Kizhi
- Categories: pogost, architectural ensemble, architectural landmark, museum complex, and World Heritage Site
- Location: Karelia, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Kizhi” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կիժի Պոգոստ”
- Armenian: “Կիժիի պոգոստ”
- Bashkir: “Кижи погосы”
- Basque: “Kizhiko Pogosta”
- Belarusian: “Кіскі пагост”
- Bulgarian: “Кижи”
- Catalan: “Pogost Kijí”
- Chinese: “基日島的木結構教堂”
- Croatian: “Kiški pogost”
- Czech: “Kižský pogost”
- Dutch: “Houten kerk van Kizji Pogost”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيجى بوجوست”
- Finnish: “Kiisi”
- Finnish: “Kiži”
- French: “Kiji”
- French: “pogost de Kiji”
- French: “Pogost de Kiji”
- Galician: “Kizhi Pogost”
- German: “Holzkirchen von Kischi Pogost”
- German: “Kischi”
- Greek: “Κίζι Πογκόστ”
- Hindi: “किजी पोगोस्त”
- Hungarian: “Kizsi”
- Ido: “Kizhi”
- Italian: “Pogost di Kiži”
- Japanese: “キジ島”
- Japanese: “顕栄聖堂”
- Karelian: “Kiži”
- Korean: “키시 섬”
- Lithuanian: “Kižai”
- Lithuanian: “Kižų pogostas”
- Livvi: “Kiži”
- Macedonian: “Кижи Погост”
- Macedonian: “Кижи”
- Macedonian: “Кишки погост”
- Maltese: “Kizhi Pogost”
- Norwegian: “Kizhi”
- Norwegian: “Kizji”
- Persian: “پوگوست کیژی”
- Persian: “کیژی پاگوست”
- Polish: “Kiży”
- Russian: “Кижи”
- Russian: “Кижский погост”
- Serbian: “Кижски погост”
- Slovenian: “Kiški pogost”
- Spanish: “Kizhi Pogost”
- Swedish: “Kizji”
- Tamil: “கிசி பொகொஸ்ட்”
- Tatar: “Кижи погосты”
- Thai: “โปกอสต์แห่งคีจี”
- Turkish: “Kiji Pogost”
- Turkish: “Kizhi Pogost”
- Ukrainian: “Кижі”
- Vietnamese: “Kizhi Pogost”
- Vietnamese: “Kizhi”
- Western Frisian: “Houten Tsjerken fan Kizji Pogost”
- Western Frisian: “Houten Tsjerken fan Kizjy Pogost”
- “Kiži pogost”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kizhi Pogost and Ostrov Volkostrov.
Karelia: Must-Visit Destinations
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