The church is located in the center of the village on a hill by the road and stands out among the surrounding buildings. It was built in 1892 on the site of an old wooden church known since 1683 and ceased functioning in 1929.
The walls of the church are made of logs and covered with planking, while the base is made of brick. This is a typical example of a wooden church from the late 19th century in the Russian style, characteristic of the southwestern part of the Bryansk region.
The building has a cross-shaped form and consists of an octagon on a square base. The main cubic volume slightly rises above the short and wide rectangular arms of the cross with gable roofs. On the cube stands a light octagon with a faceted dome, topped with an onion-shaped cupola on a two-tiered eight-sided neck. On either side of the altar are small extensions for the sacrificial table and deacon's room. The two-tiered bell tower, with a high lower square that transitions through cut corners into an octagon for the bell, is topped with a light tent roof with a cupola similar to that of the church. The influence of ancient Russian architecture from the 16th-17th centuries is evident in the triangular pediments at the base of the dome, on the neck of the cupola, and in the transitional tier of the bell tower, as well as in the wedge-shaped kokoshniks and dormers on the sides of the tent. The window frames, paired in the refectory and triple in the side arms, are decorated with pedimented and shaped gables. The decorative forms are enhanced by abundant cornice undercuts and moldings with carved ornamentation. In the interior, wide openings connect the dome area with the refectory, altar, and side arms into a single space. Flat sails in the corners of the square serve as a transition to the octagon, covered with a false octagonal vault. The entrances to the church are located from the west, through the lower tier of the bell tower, and from the western side of the side arms of the cross. Partially preserved wall paintings from the late 19th century depict the Lord Sabaoth in the center of the octagonal vault, and figures of saints on its four sides.
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