Kizhi Pogost

Kizhi Pogost is a historical site dating from the 17th century on Kizhi island. The island is located on in the , .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: museum in Russia
  • Also known as: “The Bell Tower of the Kizhi Pogost”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kizhi.

Historic site
Photo: Vitold Muratov, CC BY 3.0.
is a historic site, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Kizhi Pogost.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yamka and Vasilyevo.

Hamlet
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Photo: NiaPol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an island in , . It is part of the Silver Ring of cultural and historical centers of Northwestern Russia.

Kizhi Pogost

Latitude
62.06752° or 62° 4′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.22329° or 35° 13′ 24″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Height
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9GJQ369F+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 79717103
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Geo­Names ID
9412862
Wiki­data ID
Q477462
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Kizhi Pogost” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կիժի Պոգոստ”
  • Armenian: “Կիժիի պոգոստ”
  • Bashkir: “Кижи погосы”
  • Basque: “Kizhiko Pogosta”
  • Belarusian: “Кіскі пагост”
  • Bulgarian: “Кижи”
  • Catalan: “Pogost Kijí”
  • Chechen: “Кижи”
  • 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”
  • French: “pogost de Kiji”
  • French: “Pogost de Kiji”
  • Galician: “Kizhi Pogost”
  • German: “Holzkirchen von Kischi Pogost”
  • Greek: “Κίζι Πογκόστ”
  • Hindi: “किजी पोगोस्त”
  • Hungarian: “Kizsi”
  • Italian: “Pogost di Kiži”
  • Japanese: “顕栄聖堂”
  • Lithuanian: “Kižai”
  • Lithuanian: “Kižų pogostas”
  • Livvi: “Kiži”
  • Macedonian: “Кижи Погост”
  • Macedonian: “Кижи”
  • Macedonian: “Кишки погост”
  • Maltese: “Kizhi Pogost”
  • Persian: “پوگوست کیژی”
  • Persian: “کیژی پاگوست”
  • Russian: “Кижи”
  • Russian: “Кижский погост”
  • Serbian: “Кижски погост”
  • Slovenian: “Kiški pogost”
  • Spanish: “Kizhi Pogost”
  • Tamil: “கிசி பொகொஸ்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Кижи погосты”
  • Thai: “โปกอสต์แห่งคีจี”
  • Turkish: “Kiji Pogost”
  • Turkish: “Kizhi Pogost”
  • Ukrainian: “Кижі”
  • Vietnamese: “Kizhi Pogost”
  • Western Frisian: “Houten Tsjerken fan Kizji Pogost”
  • Western Frisian: “Houten Tsjerken fan Kizjy Pogost”
  • “Kiži pogost”

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