Medieval Russia
Tell the world:
Russia lives! We welcome you all!
But remember!
He who comes with his sword unsheathed shall die by the sword!
This is the eternal principle of our great Russia.
- Alexander Nevsky
| | This is my LEGO version of a medieval Russian wooden fortification. This particular type of fortification was known as tarasy or tarassa. It was composed of two parallel log walls, with the space in between filled with dirt and rubble. The walls were topped with a roofed gallery called an oblam which overhung the walls and was pierced with embrasures with which to shoot from.
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| | Walls such as these would have enclosed the town, with square or hexagonal towers placed at the corners and gates. Wooden fortifications were built well into the 18th century in the far reaches of Siberia, by which time they had become outmoded in European Russia.
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| | LEGO construction was based on a frame of Technic beams. The wall and roof panels were attached to the frame using Technic half-pins. The wall is positioned on the baseplate according to the Classic Castle City standard, but its dimensions are not CCC compliant. My long-term plan is to build several of these wall modules, along with towers and a gate, to form a medieval Russian town, complete with a log church.
More information about the history of medieval Russian wooden fortifications can be found in the books listed in my Castle bibliography.
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