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Church of Peter and Paul in Tamana

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The village of Tamana, located in the Usolsky District of the Perm Krai on the Tamanka River, a right tributary of the Kama, is 35 km from the city of Usolye. This settlement, known since 1623-1624 as "the settlement near the Ataman's Kura," is mentioned in 1629 as "the village of Tamanskaya Kura." The name is likely related to the Mansi word "tuman," meaning a flowing lake formed by the river's flood.

By the mid-18th century, when the Stroganovs, the largest landowners and salt producers of the Urals, also became metal producers, this forested corner came to life. From 1726 to 1774, a Stroganov copper smelting plant operated here, which was closed due to the depletion of ores.

The village of Tamana is first mentioned in the census of voivode Elizarov in 1647 with 6 households. In 1722, Baron Stroganov built a copper smelting plant here, located 2 versts from the mouth of the Tamanka River, which was closed in 1774 due to a lack of ores. In chronicles, the plant was sometimes referred to as Atamansky.

According to data from 1895, the village had 81 households and 574 residents. The volost consisted of 6 settlements with 97 households and 2382 residents. Among the significant villages in the volost were Bystra with 28 households, Ust-Kondas with 19 households, and Peshkova with 47 households. The volost had 2861 dessiatinas of land allotments.

In 1779, the village "Tamanskaya Kura" became a village thanks to the construction of the wooden Peter and Paul Church by Count Alexander Nikolaevich Stroganov, consecrated on September 10, 1779. In 1827, the church was rebuilt: the wooden frame was enclosed in cladding, a dome and bell tower were constructed. The church was closed around 1933-1934, and in the late 1970s or early 1980s, it burned down. According to other sources, it was burned in 1981.

The stone Peter and Paul Church was built in 1912 with funds from merchant F. V. Kiryanov. This temple, executed in the Russian-Byzantine style, also includes a family crypt. The five-domed church has a cross-shaped plan, with a three-tiered bell tower adjoining it from the west. The church was built by Nizhny Novgorod masons from red brick, and its surface resembles an eastern carpet due to the decorative brickwork and coloring.

The church project was developed by architect Alexander Bonaventurovich Turchevich. He died in 1909, not living to see the completion of the construction. Kiryanov, born in 1830, was a serf of Count Stroganov but gained his freedom and became a prosperous peasant. Later, he engaged in firewood trading, achieving the status of a first-guild merchant. After handing over the business to his son, he went on a pilgrimage and decided to build a church in Tamana.

Construction of the church began in 1905, with materials and equipment being acquired gradually. By 1912, the construction was completed, and on December 16, the church was consecrated. Despite his wealth, Philip Vasilievich Kiryanov dressed modestly and died in 1915, buried in the church's crypt.

At that time, the priest of the Peter and Paul Church was Nikolai Mikhailovich Onyanov, who also taught at the local school. In 1918, he was shot by Red Army soldiers and later canonized among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

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Церковь Петра и Павла в Тамане

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