In 1879, a church was built and consecrated in the village at the expense of the parishioners in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The wooden structure of the church, erected "with the donations of the parishioners," is located on an open area in the center of the village and is noticeable from afar. The building is elongated along the east-west axis and has a cross shape in plan with an extended western part. The architectural composition of the temple consists of an octagon on a square base. The octagon in plan is slightly narrower than the square base, and on its six sides, except for the eastern and western ones, there are windows. The four sides oriented to the cardinal directions end with semicircular arches in keel-shaped frames, alternating with low pediments above the diagonal sides of the octagon. The roof of the octagon has the shape of an eight-sided hemisphere, crowned with an eight-sided pedestal and neck, but the dome is lost.
The eastern part of the cross is formed by a five-sided apse, while the northern and southern parts are risalits that adjoin the entire width of the side facades of the church. The gable roofs of the risalits form low pediments above their facades. The western part of the cross consists of a refectory covered by a gable roof and a western narthex, which is the lower cubic tier of the bell tower. The bell tower has three tiers: the two upper tiers, the belfries, are made in the form of octagons with openings on the cardinal sides. The openings of the belfries are decorated with ornate finishes and oak beams for the bells. The top of the upper belfry is similar to the completion of the temple.
The church is built of round logs joined "in lap." The plinth is low, made of small roughly hewn stones on a cement mortar. The roofs are raftered and covered with iron. The facades are clad with planks in a horizontal direction, and the corners are closed with vertical strips. All windows are the same: rectangular with a three-cornered top, decorated with ornate trims with "ears" and a small pediment above the center. A decorative frieze runs under the cornice. The exterior decoration is complemented by false round windows and various divisions of the facades with profiled strips. On three sides of the building, there are rectangular openings for entrances with double doors covered with iron.
Inside, the walls are hewn and plastered over lath. The side rooms of the church, located in the risalits, have flat ceilings and communicate with the central space of the church through openings with rounded corners. The central space rises upwards. The octagon rests on supporting arches, which are supported at their bases by projections, console elements of the sail structure located in the corners of the square base. The octagon is completed with an eight-section vault.
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