Church of the Assumption
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Assumption Church was built at the turn of 17-18 centuries. The earliest written mention of it relate to 1851. We know that originally it was consecrated as the Church of the Trinity, and was at the mercy of the Pokrovsky monastery, lying on the existing area today Alexander Pushkin. In mid-1815 the temple, equipped with the Chapel of Barbara, moved into the territory of the Assumption Cemetery, previously located on the site of modern street Smirnov. In 1817 the church was consecrated in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption. Over time, built of wood and dilapidated church gradually fell into complete disrepair. At the end of 1849 it was destroyed by the chapel of St. Barbara, Great Martyr. Finally, the service ceased in 1883.

In 1904, at the initiative of DG Burylina - founder of the City Museum and the famous manufacturer - the Assumption of the temple was moved to the cemetery on the territory of the Assumption novovystroennoe Posadskoe. It is at this place is a temple, and in modern times. Get permission for this action was very difficult, because it was necessary to deal with the Archaeological Society of Moscow. The temple was reconstructed, after which it was carried out large-scale repairs that significantly transformed the external and internal appearance. By the church it was attached a small bell tower, the opening of which took place January 15, 1906. The style of decoration bell tower is particularly noticeable influence of the modernist style, but despite this, it goes well with the classical ancient church. At the end of 1906 the church built of wood in the building was constructed parochial school, opened in tribute to the Manifesto of October 17, 1905.

Since the mid-1920s, it was the Church of the Assumption Renovationist belong to the community. May 11, 1946 the temple was taken over by the Old Believers, who decided to consecrate the church in honor of Our Lady of Kazan. Inherent to the interior of the temple began to build anew; iconostasis was brought from Shuya, namely once closed the Old Believer church. Numerous parishioners have donated a large number of icons to the renewed temple. At first, the 1990s Church of the Assumption was in the possession of the Ivanovo-Kineshma diocese. Many years later, namely in 2007, she returned to the Old Believer community.

Judging of the church in terms of architectural perception, it relates to the type and Kletskaya plan is very simple. As you know, there are many kinds of churches built of wood, but the Church of the Assumption is the closest to the type of houses. It has two crossing, which is equipped with particularly important alterations that greatly changed the appearance of the temple.

Since its formation in the church building included: central quadrangle, located on the east side of the altar, as well as the western chapel. All these components have a rectangular shape shown in plan and overlap pryamoskatnymi steep roofs, and then combined using an open gallery. Roofing of the central gallery is crowned by small pointed cupola. After some time, the gallery has been lost. A little later it was built the new chapel, located on the west side, as well as the belfry and the transition to it. It is understood that the original details such as windows and doors, ceilings and floors are not reached our time. As for the interior of the original, it is also not preserved. According to the first draft of all the interior spaces are divided among themselves by means of walls, but at the moment they are united in a common spacious transept.

Today, you can see the old Ploughshare coating large domes located at the bottom. The interior of the temple remains an impressive collection of ancient icons, many of which have a much higher age than the building of the Church of the Assumption. Numerous holy icons of the temple are the iconostasis, although a small number of them hanged on walls. Beginning this collection put DG Burylin.

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