The village of Peskis, where the Chapel of the Holy Trinity rises, is located on the picturesque southeastern shore of Lake Peschanoe. It was founded by the first settlers in the 1750s as the village of Peshchanskaya of the Talovskaya sloboda in the Chelyabinsk district. The western part of the village, situated on a high bank of the lake, has long been inhabited by the secular community and was called the Upper Edge. The eastern shore was settled by Old Believers from the Pomor community, who lived compactly in what is known as the Lower Edge.
The stone Holy Trinity Chapel, built by Old Believers north of the Lower Edge in the 1850s, is a two-light square structure with a low tent roof and five domes. The chapel's walls are topped with a multi-profile cornice, and the corners are reinforced with wide rusticated pilasters. Large three-part windows of the lower light are framed by strict casings, while the upper light windows, slightly smaller, are highlighted by a brick pattern.
In the 1930s, the chapel was closed and left unattended, leading to looting and destruction. It remains in this state to this day.
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