Abstract

Under the grant of the President of the Russian Federation in 2018, the Red Book of Cultural Heritage Objects of the Altai Krai was replenished with materials dedicated to religious objects under threat of destruction. In this article on the ground of archival sources, the author presents information about the construction of a cemetery church without a parish in Barnaul at the beginning of the 20th century since documents’ preparation and approval in the Tomsk Construction Department, selection of the construction place to the present. In particular, she describes in detail the process of building a church, cites drawings of the building found in the Tomsk archive. The construction was carried out with funds donated under the will of A.I. Alkova and presented by the merchant Smirnov on behalf of M.M. Smirnova money. The temple was built according to the plan drawn up by Mr. Bodunov. The object of cultural heritage is an example of stone church architecture of the Russian-Byzantine style and an example of a small central-domed temple - a cemetery church of the early 20th century. Keywords: church, temple, stone church architecture, object of cultural heritage, architectural monument

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