Word: kondopoga
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...craftsman, Nestor was not alone. Other builders in other villages had developed that community of skill that in certain ages and places produces an integrated style. An example is Kondopoga's Church of the Assumption, some 30 miles west of Kizhi. Lonely, moving and quietly assertive, the church is a testament to an unknown craftsman's sense of the shape of his landscape, the wideness of his lake, the hostility of the sky, and his craft as a master of wood...
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