The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in 1791 and served as the church for the estate of A.A. Golotcharov. In 1806, the winter Trinity church was erected. A road runs between these churches; their southern facades face a rectangular square, enclosing it from the north. The warm church opens directly onto the square, while the cold one is located to the northwest, slightly set back, but due to its height and expressive silhouette, it dominates this rural church complex typical of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the lands of the former Vladimir province.
The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is designed in the style of early classicism. The brick building, whitewashed with a thin coating, features a vertical composition, compactness, and symmetry. The main cubic volume was previously adorned with six-columned porticoes on the east and west, to which identical altar and narthex volumes, narrow and rectangular with rounded projections in the center, are attached. Above the cube rises a large rotunda with a dome and four false skylights, topped with an onion-shaped head on a high cylindrical light drum. Adjacent to the narthex is a slender three-tiered bell tower with a convex faceted roof and a thin spire with a vase-shaped base.
The dome features a multi-figured scene of the "Praise of the Trinity." In the drum, the paintings are arranged in two tiers: in the upper tier, biblical scenes of the Creation of the World and "Hallowed be Thy Name" from the "Our Father" prayer, and in the lower tier, themes from the Gospel Beatitudes. The alternation of large compositions in arched frames oriented to the cardinal points and narrow verticals gives the painting a special rhythm. The drum is separated from the dome by a modest cornice, and from the walls, by a lush grisaille entablature, anchored above the pilasters and supported by brackets. The frieze is adorned with shells and acanthus leaves, which adds expressiveness.
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