Pictures about the revitalisation process

Building the Vuokkiniemi school Preserving the oral tradition Building the Vuokkiniemi church Electrification of Venehjärvi Protection of the Vienansalo forests Revitalisation of the folklore festivals

Memorial to rune singers Research trips New generation of artists in Viena Rescue of the Paanajärvi village Recording of the folklore

The most steadfast defender of Paanajärvi Village in Russia is Academician Vjatseslav Orfinski, a professor of wood architecture. In this photograph he is having a discussion with Sirpa Nieminen, Director of the Juminkeko, Iivana Lesonen, the Arhippa Perttunen Foundation's chief of tourism and her assistant, Irina Grishina.