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The Museum of Folk Architecture in Pyrohiv – Polissia
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Polissia is a historical, cultural and physical-geographical region located on the territory of the Polissia Lowland.
It is located primarily in the south of Belarus and the north of Ukraine, but also partially covers the territories of the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland and the Bryansk Oblast of Russia.
Ukrainian Polissia is a wide, almost 100-kilometer-long strip in the north of the country, occupying approximately 19% of the entire territory of Ukraine.
Examples of Polissia folk architecture are presented in a separate exhibition at the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine, located in the village of Pyrohiv, near Kyiv. Photos by: Maxim Ritus.
Polissia is a region of a dense river network, swampy lowland plains and mixed forests. Natural conditions have resulted in little urbanization and isolated settlements, and as a result, many elements of the traditional material and spiritual culture of the Polissia population have been well preserved.
