A SURVEY AND RESTORATION OF MERCHANT BYCHYONKOV’S ESTATE HOUSE IN BEREZHNOE VILLAGE, ZAOZERYE REGION
The article describes historical and architectural studies of provincial wooden architecture heritage in Russia. The background information includes a brief retrospective review of the context, history of the village where the heritage is located, and the merchant’s family life and lifestyle in the once densely populated and wealthy northern region of Zaozerye. A detailed consideration is given to the spatial planning, compositional and stylistic features of the merchant’s main house. The remaining components discovered in the territory of the former estate are described, including a residential wing, household outbuilding, orchard, and park. Preliminary findings have enabled a restoration project to be developed for the wooden estate house, now intended for a new use as Merchant's Estate Museum. Once restored, the estate house will become a significant part of the infrastructure of not only Ust-Kubinsky District but also Vologda region as a whole.