On the northern outskirts of the city, on an elevation among the cemetery, stands a brick church built in 1839 with funds from merchant I.V. Polyakov. The building is designed in the late classicism style and has a longitudinal-axial structure. It includes a square base with a domed rotunda, a rectangular apse, a refectory with a narthex, and a tiered bell tower. In the 1950s, the church was significantly expanded with additional annexes, for which large openings were made in the original walls. In 1984, a semicircular apse was added. The facades are plastered, and the bell tower is whitewashed over the brick.
The wide rectangular volume of the church, elongated along the transverse axis, is topped with a low rotunda-drum with a gentle dome and a finial. The gable ends of the original facades are visible on the northern and southern sides of the roof. The composition is dominated by a three-tiered bell tower with a dome, lucarnes, and a faceted drum that supports a low spire with a cross. The arched openings of the lower tier of the bell tower are framed with an archivolt with a keystone, as are the openings of the original apse. In the second square, crowned with gentle gables, narrow arched openings are placed in wide niches with a profiled archivolt resting on pilasters. The decor of the upper square with high ringing arches often repeats horizontal profiles, which are present in the finish of the pilasters, keystones, and cornice. Similarly, the false lucarnes and drum are decorated.
The main entrance is located on the southern facade of the refectory, where a semicircular vault has been preserved, similar to the altar. The main room is covered by a dome on pendentives. In the interior, arched niches are visible on the corner parts of the original facades of the square. In one of the openings of the bell tower, a lattice with barbs has been preserved. The staircase to the ringing is arranged in the southern wall of the lower square of the bell tower.
The main one-tier iconostasis was assembled in the 20th century, and the icons also date from this time. The one-tier iconostases of the side altars and the royal gates of the main iconostasis were made in the late 19th century in an eclectic style. Unusual bas-relief scenes of the "Last Supper," "Dormition," and "Entry into Jerusalem" from the second half of the 19th century adorn the completion of the main and southern iconostases.
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