Khimzha

Khimzha stands on the bank of the river Kimzha near its junction with the Mezen. Its wooden houses and church belong to the building traditions of the Russian North, where timber was the principal material of village life. The wooden Church of the Hodegetria was erected between 1700 and 1709 and consecrated in 1763. Its steep tented roof rises above the river settlement and the surrounding forest.