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Photo, Print, Drawing Uzhok. Wooden Church.

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Title

  • Uzhok. Wooden Church.

Summary

  • This image is part of an album probably published in about 1920 that contains 20 photographs of scenes in Carpathian Ruthenia, a mountainous region, most of which was part of the Austria-Hungary before World War I, but which became part of the new Czechoslovak state in 1919. Today the largest portion of it forms Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine, with smaller parts in Slovakia and Poland. Saint Michael's Church in Uzhok dates from 1745. Like many of the region's churches, it was later covered with a dark oil stain to protect against decay and termite infestation. The three-tiered tower over the central tabernacle dominates the small church and sits pagoda-like above the wood-shingled roof, which has a wide overhang that shelters worshipers and protects the walls from the worst of the Carpathian winter.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1920.

Headings

  • -  Ukraine--Zakarpatskaja Oblast--Uzhok
  • -  1745 to 1920
  • -  Churches
  • -  Wooden buildings

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph from an album : offset black and white printing.
  • -  Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
  • -  Content in Czech and Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Carpathian Ruthenia

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669088

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Uzhok. Wooden Church. Uzhok Ukraine Zakarpatskaja Oblast, 1920. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669088/.

APA citation style:

(1920) Uzhok. Wooden Church. Uzhok Ukraine Zakarpatskaja Oblast, 1920. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669088/.

MLA citation style:

Uzhok. Wooden Church. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669088/>.