Izbas

I had expected cupolas and izbas, something to signify the East, but the subterranean station was merely vast and ugly, and eerily empty once we had left the track. ❋ Megan McAndrew (2009)

A window at the far end looked out into a gloom subtly textured with the dark outlines of izbas (wood huts) and the looming vastness of the steppe beyond. ❋ Unknown (1997)

She drew her feet up under her skirts, her eyes wandering from the door to the window, which was much larger than the windows in the izbas at home. ❋ Unknown (1915)

They had not gone far when a family that lived in one of the neighboring izbas saw them, and came running pell-mell to meet them. ❋ Unknown (1915)

Russian _izbas_ with their carved woodwork, the paths gleaming with snow, and the old birch-trees, brilliant with icicles, combined to render the whole scene one of fascination. ❋ Various (1910)

Half a score of miserable izbas, unplastered, badly thatched, were scattered here and there about the fields. ❋ Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1830)

The paintings reflected a romantic view of Russia, with images of wooden izbas, or cottages, and vibrant peasant scarves and impressionist-inspired views of the Volga River valley - and little sign of the intensity and dynamic edge of today's Moscow. ❋ Angela Charlton (2010)

I went back to Manhattan, had a terrible gyro from a street vendor, and on the long ride home read stories by Zaionchkovsky and Turgenev, both involving izbas and both excellent reads. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To Katrinka's eyes, accustomed to the rough, log izbas which they had in her native village, the house seemed both beautiful and luxurious, and when the door was opened and her eyes beheld a wonderful, tiled oven set in the wall so that it could heat two rooms at a time, finished at the bottom with a shelf wide enough to accommodate a large family, she gasped in delight, while even the tired and hungry little Peter smiled. ❋ Unknown (1915)