The book tells about architecture, the only source material of which was wood, and the only tool of construction was an ax. Historically, the North of Russia has become the main reserve of wooden architecture, where land development by Novgorodians began in the 11th century. These are the vast lands of the basin of Lake Onega and the White Sea, the rivers Sukhona, Onega, Northern Dvina, Vychegda, Pinega, Mezen. Until the end of the 18th century, wooden masterpieces were created here: cage churches and chapels, tent, cubed, tiered, multi-headed churches, bell towers, as well as architectural ensembles: villages, villages, graveyards, fortresses and monasteries.