The church is located in the village's trading square and was built between 1821 and 1828 on the site of a chapel from 1654, constructed in memory of the 'deliverance from the plague.' In 1867, a bell tower was added to the church, and in 1870, the church itself was reconstructed. In 1871, a fence was built around it. All these works were commissioned by merchant A.Y. Balin. The walls of the church are made of facing brick, and the base is faced with white stone. This is an example of a temple with a compact volumetric composition, characteristic of the Russian style.
The main volume is a two-light square with cut corners, to which a five-sided apse lowered to the level of the first tier and a three-tiered tent-like bell tower with a high ringing are attached. The eight-pitched roof is topped with a small dome on a faceted drum.
A wide belt with balusters made of shaped brick emphasizes the division of the square into two tiers, continuing along the upper part of the apse and the lower tier of the bell tower. The corners of the volumes are decorated with narrow pilasters with horizontal divisions. The imposts of the large arched openings of the lower light, as well as the level of the base and the completion of the pilasters, are highlighted by bands of white stone. Wedge-shaped motifs, pediments on the edges of the intermediate tier of the bell tower, false zakomaras above the central axes of the square, archivolts of the windows and entrance, framing of the dormer windows of the bell tower, as well as the flares and niches are characteristic elements of the Russian style.
The interior of the square is covered with a vaulted ceiling with narrow diagonal troughs, while in the apse, there is a faceted semi-vaulted ceiling with a supporting arch in the opening.
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