The architectural design of the church is distinctive. It is a round domed structure surrounded by a colonnade. The symmetry of the building is disrupted by an extension at the west entrance, where a porch and portico with a pediment are located, as well as two bell tower-like turrets on either side of the portico. Inside, under the dome, the altar stands out in the form of a round wooden pavilion, which does not conform to the canonical norms of the Orthodox Church. As often happened in the first half of the 19th century, during the emergence of classicism, the church's design may have been sent from St. Petersburg or acquired from abroad. However, the construction was carried out by local forces and resources without the involvement of visiting architects. The work on erecting the building according to this unusual design was performed by craftsmen who were likely unfamiliar with classical order architecture. For example, white stone capitals were placed on the brick shafts of the Tuscan columns, where both the upper slab, the abacus, and the supporting roll, the echinus, have a quadrangular shape. Nevertheless, the stonemasons demonstrated high skill, with exceptional ability and ingenuity in laying complex elements of the spiral staircase to the bell tower out of brick.
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