Why in the South of Russia all roofs are hipped, and in the North

I remembered here the other day my trip to the Kuban. It was about #a year ago  Then I had a question, but I did not dare to discuss it in the blog. But now I still want to talk about one feature of buildings in the south - about the roof of houses.

A year ago, my family and I went on vacation to the sea. But we decided that we would make a trip not only to the resort towns, but also to visit various villages and other small settlements. After all, every region of our country is always special! This is a different culture, different people. And life in a city and in a village, even in the same region, is always “heaven and earth”.

By virtue of my profession, I got acquainted not only with the mentality of people, but also examined them at home. There are a lot of houses, both new and old, in the Kuban villages. They are built from different materials. Some houses may be completely different from others. But most of them had one thing in common - a hipped roof.

In almost all houses, the roofs have exactly 4 slopes.This is not the case in the north of the country. And immediately the question arose - WHY?!

I even asked the locals. But it turned out that many of them did not even think about it! They did it before, they do it now! On the one hand, it's just a style and a kind of tribute to traditions. But is there any practical sense in this?

I know that I have a lot of readers, both from the Southern and Northern regions! It would be very interesting to hear your opinions, your knowledge! Share!

And I will express my thoughts. They may be wrong! If so, I will be glad if they correct me!

Let's go back to history. There has always been a forest in the northern regions. Powerful and sturdy. It was from it that most of the houses were built. The houses were made of sturdy coniferous logs, and the roof, as a rule, was also wooden plank.

In the South they built "Huts". These are houses made of thin wood, on which clay was applied on top to make the building stronger, stronger and more durable.

The strength of the southern "hut" was significantly lower than that of the chopped wood northern houses. Therefore, a more even distribution of the load on the walls of the house was required. The hipped roof provided this.

The second version is weather conditions. Snow is in the North. Winds are in the South. In the South, they are really different. And the steppe terrain enhances their impact on buildings.

Snow melts and clears more easily from a high, sharp gable roof. But in a strong wind, a gable roof can be ripped off. And the sloping hipped roof will withstand the wind more easily, but it is not known whether it will withstand the load from the snow!

What do you think? Someone has a version why gable roofs prevail in the North, and hipped roofs in the South?

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