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The Cathedral of Michael the Archangel. Собор Михаила Архангела
On the mountain within the monastery stands the Cathedral of Michael the Archangel (1815-1827 gg.). It was built in honor of the victory of the Russian troops in the war of 1812 (architect AI Ruska), which was made by General Wittgenstein's corps under Polotsk with Pskov's, Izborsk's and Pechora's men. To build this church soldiers of the corps was collected 30 thousand rubles. The church was built according to the project of St. Petersburg architect A. I. Ruska in the style of Russian classicism.
The temple in classical style has three four-columned portico. The western porch of the cathedral is built into the wall of the monastery fence; Thus, one of the porticoes draws the entrance to the cathedral from the outside of the monastery. The building ends with a light rotunda.
Inside the church, on two columns, two copper memorial plaques with the names of Wittgenstein corps warriors who fell in the Patriotic War of 1812 are affixed. This is the only building of the monastery, which has a gateway out beyond the fortress walls.
The Cathedral of Michael the Archangel. Собор Михаила Архангела
On the mountain within the monastery stands the Cathedral of Michael the Archangel (1815-1827 gg.). It was built in honor of the victory of the Russian troops in the war of 1812 (architect AI Ruska), which was made by General Wittgenstein's corps under Polotsk with Pskov's, Izborsk's and Pechora's men. To build this church soldiers of the corps was collected 30 thousand rubles. The church was built according to the project of St. Petersburg architect A. I. Ruska in the style of Russian classicism.
The temple in classical style has three four-columned portico. The western porch of the cathedral is built into the wall of the monastery fence; Thus, one of the porticoes draws the entrance to the cathedral from the outside of the monastery. The building ends with a light rotunda.
Inside the church, on two columns, two copper memorial plaques with the names of Wittgenstein corps warriors who fell in the Patriotic War of 1812 are affixed. This is the only building of the monastery, which has a gateway out beyond the fortress walls.