In the center of the village of Vershilovo stands the Transfiguration Church, built in 1835, with side chapels dedicated to the Nativity of John the Baptist and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Its massive structure, resembling a tower, is executed in a style inspired by Baroque, which does not quite correspond to the era of late Classicism. The church has four lights and a unified interior space. In the early 19th century, the residents decided to replace two wooden churches with a stone temple, and construction began in 1819. The process dragged on for many years, and the local mason V. Lilekov made changes to the project sent from the province. The rough version of the work was completed by the end of the 1820s.
The church features a tall cylinder set on a cubic base, with cross-shaped projections facing all four cardinal directions. The lower part of the side facades is adorned with porticos that almost merge with the wall, and semicircular arched niches are carved into their pediments. Above them, within the thickness of the projections, are niches framing the windows of the drum of the dome. On the projections of the drum are four heads surrounding the central head that completes the tall dome. The entire side surface of the cylinder, including the niches cut into the projections, is decorated with patterns. In contrast to the vertical aspiration of the church are the low additions of the refectory and apse, while nearby rises another vertical element of the ensemble, a four-tiered bell tower, taller than the church itself. This complex volumetric composition, combining order elements with the rustication of the main cylinder and its Baroque completion, recalls the late architecture of early Classicism.
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