Village Rubicola Photo: Village Rubicola

Rubicoil is a small village which is located in the Northern area ethnic area Karel-livviks, namely, in 6 km from the village Escola. Surrounding the village landscape has a flat surface with quiet relief. The village is located far from many rivers and lakes. Through the village Rubicoil is a road which connects Kroshnozero and Essolo.

The base of Rubicola occurred in the 18th century. In 1773 in the village was registered 10 houses, with a population of 62 people; in 1905 lived 86 inhabitants in 12 houses. Judging by the statistics of those past years, it becomes clear that the inhabitants of Rubicola had relatively rich households, because each yard had about 14 head of cattle, which is two times more compared to other villages Syamozero parish.

By 1909, the village was developed by the new General plan of adjustment. The author proposed plan was the surveyor of the city of Petrozavodsk B. V. beckes. This kind of plans were drawn up by the bureaucracy without taking into account local characteristics, for this reason, farmers often did not follow the rules.

At the moment the location of the houses carried out as follows: the greatest number of old houses are oriented with the front facades on the South side according to an old Karelian tradition, and the other part houses are oriented to the road; there are houses in those places pointed out by bikes. In this arrangement the living arrangement of Rubicola much changed and consisted of several rows of houses, oriented on opposite sides.

Typical Karelian appearance gives the village grove cemetery, overgrown with spruce and pine trees and located in the center of Rubicola. In the grove there is a chapel belonging to the second half of the 19th century. Along the small stream that meanders through the village groups are baths.

Karelian researchers of wooden architecture came to the decision that the village Rubicoil is an integrated architectural and natural ensemble. In addition, the village is a favourite place of many Karelian artists.

Currently the village is eight buildings, which are monuments of the Karelian architecture, among which are: the house Ermolaeva, built in the 19th century, and Mikhailov's house, also built in the second half of the 19th century.

House Ermolaeva is a rectangular building, covered with a gable roof. The building is single-storey dwelling part and part two-storey, equipped as a yard shed. The house carries a function of a kind of standard forms and techniques that are characteristic of architecture Karel-livviks. These are: asymmetrical main facade, cantilevered ledge of the rear wall of the shed, furnace orientation in space of the hut to the side wall, and the active use of the Karelian motifs in the decoration of the external facade. The house is located right next to the road in the centre of Rubicola and plays a compositional role in building settlements. In addition, the house Ermolaeva is a historical and architectural value, which is an example of a traditional rustic home in the South of Karelia. The house is an ethnographic Museum.

House Mihailova is located in the Northern part of the village of Rubicola and occupies a priority position in the appearance of the whole street. The house bears in itself the functions of a house-complex, which incorporates not only residential but also business premises under a gable roof. The building is a typical example of the architectural solution of the peasant dwellings of the representatives of Northern Karelians-livviks. The main facade is adorned with beautiful ornate balcony and shares the upper room and the house cuts. Supporting the roof brackets are in the shape of a hook. Stove in the house Ermolaeva, oriented to the side of the wall.

Most travel companies Karelian Republic tours to Rubicola with the obligatory visit to the home Ermolaeva as the ethnographic Museum. In addition, the program includes a sightseeing tour in the historic settlement of Rubicola.

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