William Craft Brumfield’s Book on Russian Wooden Architecture

Accepted: 10/10/2025

Published: 01/30/2026

Keywords: architectural history of Russia, wooden architecture, folk art, the art of factography, art history and cultural studies, ethnoarchitectural studies, educational project

Available in the on-line version with: 30.01.2026

To cite this article

Koshaev V.B. William Craft Brumfield’s Book on Russian Wooden Architecture. // Theory and History of Art. 2025. N 4, p.179-192 https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU2411-0795-2025-4-11.

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Abstract

The album, titled “From Forest to Steppe: Russian Wooden Architecture,” is a fundamental work by William Brumfield, a recipient of the Order of Friendship and a professor of Slavic studies. It contains over 400 color photographs. The material is presented in two sections, with explanations provided in each chapter, covering wooden architecture from the Russian North to Siberia.