The Church of All Saints is distinguished by its small size and simplicity of facades. Built of brick and whitewashed, it features a four-pitched roof with a small dome on a drum. The original openings have been enlarged. A small chapel is located on the south wall. To the west, there are later additions of a narthex and tents, adjacent to the church fence. The architecture of the church, with a barely noticeable height of the main square, is characteristic of the Suzdal school of the 18th century. The smooth facades are divided by pilasters placed at the corners and in the wide reveals of the windows of the apse and chapel. The base is decorated with a belt of a curb between two semi-arches, and along the upper part of the walls under the eaves of the roof runs a cornice with a series of small kokoshniks, turned diagonally at the corners. The western facade, where the main entrance and the doors of the tents are located, is united by a wide portico with paired columns and a pediment into a single three-axis composition. The main room is covered by a transverse barrel vault, the refectory by a semi-barrel vault, and the apse by a box vault with a conch. The tents also have partially box vaults. Against the western wall is a stove with white tiles decorated with blue patterns. The interior retains the frame of a two-tiered iconostasis in the style of late classicism. Despite its small height, it appears monumental. The central part of the iconostasis is pushed forward, and the wings extend onto the side walls, connecting with the icon cases of the choir. Above the arch of the royal gates is an icon with an arched finish. The other frames are rectangular, with a thin profiled outline. The cornices are decorated with mutules. The main color of the iconostasis is reddish-brown, while the cornices and icon frames are yellow. The fence, made in the first quarter of the 19th century in the style of classicism with elements of romanticism, features corner towers. The high base is divided by columns into panels, the tops of which are filled with a lattice. The panels are decorated with diamond-shaped field panels, and the bases of the columns are rusticated. The upper part of the columns is decorated with a two-column portico with a pediment, topped with a plinth with a dome. The corner towers are adorned with large porticoes and an expanded upper part with machicolations, crowned with a spire. Inside the towers are small rooms with windows. The main gates of the complex are located on the western side, while the eastern gates, similar in shape, mark the central axis of the territory. They represent a wide arched opening framed by a portico with paired columns and a pediment. The pediment is topped with three plinths with baroque shoulders, creating the impression of a three-lobed pediment. The plinths are topped with domes, and the cornices of the pediments and plinths are decorated with crackers. The southern gate before the side entrance to the Protection Church is topped with a single plinth with a dome.
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