* CHAPEL *

The second, and in some villages, the first and only architectural "vertical" was the chapel - a small wooden church.
  Of the thousands and thousands of northern village chapels, there was probably not one that looked exactly like the other. They were all different because they were built by different people. However, even they were created by the same person, and if he really wanted it, there could not be two identical houses, not to mention the chapel. Typical for artists-builders, maybe only the beauty and proportionality. Proportionality of parts, volumes and lines.
The chapel was built by collective effort, without collecting money. People helped by cutting down trees and bringing logs from the forest. An experienced and very skilled carpenter was entrusted to do the log foundation. In the course of construction, each participant in the work could bring to the project something different. However, the unspoken leadership still felt it was behind those with the highest moral and masterful authority. The individual aesthetic need could be satisfied with the construction, such as a porch or windows, charming and well-done floors, or frames and doors. But the master artist could do everything. And churches, and windmills, with all their design and artistic details.
 Art and workshop hierarchy would not have been created in a graceful solidity without altruism and dislike of vanity. Of course, any talented artist who knew their own worth felt the difference between them and the less skilled. But he knew, and another difference - the difference between him and a more gifted man. Respect and giving credit to a more capable and experienced person is the first sign of talent. Vanity and pride toward others, less well-known artists, a truly gifted artist never experienced, as he didn't experience envy for the man, who had a far greater force of talent.
As less compelling storyteller became silent when appeared and began to speak, a more capable storyteller, just as quickly, without giving way to resentment, worked and carpentry seniority.
Chapel architectural style in the North-Western regions formed under urban civic and religious architecture. In the last period, just before their widespread disappearance, many chapels were built with panelled and coloured boards. However, physical destruction of the old and the cessation of the construction of new facilities went ahead of the complete degeneration of artistic tradition.