Abstract
The beginning of the 20th century is characterized by an unprecedented intensification of the construction of regimental churches: from 1900 to 1917 more than 100 military churches were erected. First of all, this was due to the creation of a special commission on the religious and moral needs of the troops which was instructed to develop the type of military churches and to ensure that each regiment had its own stone church. An energetic protopresbyter of the military and naval clergy, Fr. Alexander Zhelobovsky and General of Infantry I.D. Tatishchev. The development of an exemplary project of a church for military officials was entrusted to a civil engineer F.M. Verzhbitsky. On April 13, 1901, the project was approved by Emperor Nicholas II. The exemplary temple was a one-nave red-brick basilica with a high hipped bell tower above the narthex, crowned with one dome and richly decorated in the spirit of uzoroch'e — architectural style of the 17th century. In total, about 69 churches were built.However, the office work of this commission has not yet been included in scientific circulation. We have found and analyzed the documents of the above-mentioned Commission, which includes extensive correspondence with the Military Ministry, the Main Engineering Directorate and the headquarters of military districts and garrison units. In addition to the petitions of priests and regiment commanders for financing construction, cover letters from protopresbyter A.A. Zhelobovsky and I.D. Tatishchev to the Engineering Department, the files contain cost estimates and construction plans from 1901 to 1908.
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