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An izba in the middle Volga region. William Carrick
around 1870.
Russia.
Scene.
An izba (Russian: изба́, ) is a traditional Russian countryside dwelling. Often a log house, it forms the living quarters of a conventional Russian farmstead. It is generally built close to the road and inside a yard, which also encloses a kitchen garden, hay shed, and barn within a simple woven stick fence. Traditional, old-style izba construction involved the use of simple tools, such as ropes, axes, knives, and spades. Nails were not generally used, as metal was relatively expensive, and neither were saws a common construction tool. Both interior and exterior are of split pine tree trunks, the gap between is traditionally filled with river clay, not unlike the North American log cabin.
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Eine izba in der Gegend der mittleren Wolga. William Carrick
um 1870.
Russland.
Szene.
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