Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Author’s Note xi
5. Exordium xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I Wooden Architecture as Cultural Environment
8. Chapter One From Palace to Dacha 25
9. Chapter Two The Wooden Ambience of Russian Literature 73
10. Part II Where the Folk Live
11. Chapter Three The Russian North 117
12. Chapter Four The Heartland 241
13. Chapter Five Crossing the Urals 303
14. Chapter Six Into Siberia 325
15. Chapter Seven The Far East 381
16. Conclusion 407
17. General Bibliography 411
18. Index of Places 413
19. General Index 419