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The subject index / Holy Annunciation Church (Truda Square)

Holy Annunciation Church (Truda Square)


Categories / Religion. Church/Places of Worship (see also Architecture and Urban Planning)
Categories / Architecture/Architectural Monuments/Religious Architecture (see also Religion.Church)

HOLY ANNUNCIATION CHURCH, on Truda Square, was erected for the Cavalry Life-Guards' Regiment in 1844-49 according to the designs of architect K. A. Ton and decorated in the Italian-Byzantine style. Construction was financed by the treasury, the building cost 311,000 silver roubles; a considerable part of this sum was donated by Emperor Nicholas I. Before the Regiment had used the church in the side wing of the barracks on Moika River Embankment near Potseluev Bridge. Facades of the small chapel were decorated with high porticos, the entrances were decorated with carved portals, the building was crowned by a tall light eight sided drum and a hipped roof, there were four low hipped bell towers in the corners. The iconostasis was done by engraver S. Tarasov from Okhta, icons were painted by artists F. A. Bruni, V. K. Shebuev, P. M. Shamshin, M. I. Scotti, and A. T. Markov, bas-reliefs on the pediment were done by sculptor N. A. Ramazanov. There the regiment's banners, bronze plaques with names of officers, fallen in battle, and royal coats belonging to Russian emperors were shown in special show-cases. Commanding officers of the regiment - Prince A. F. Orlov and Prince V. D. Golitsyn were buried in the crypt. A charitable society supported the children's orphanage attached to the church. In 1928, the church was closed. In 1929, it was demolished, in 1998, space for erecting a memorial chapel was allotted. The former name of Truda Square – Holy Annunciation Square originates from the Holy Annunciation Church.

References: Холмовский В. А. Церковь во имя Благовещения Пресвятыя Богородицы, что в лейб-гвардии Конном полку // Историко-статистические сведения о С.-Петербургской епархии. СПб., 1876. Вып. 5. С. 294-310; Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1996. Т. 2. С. 54-57.

V. V. Antonov.

Persons
Antonov Viktor Vasilievich
Bruni Fedor (Fidelis) Antonovich
Golitsyn Vladimir Dmitrievich, Duke
Kobak Alexander Valerievich
Markov Alexey Tarasovich
Orlov Alexey Fedorovich, Duke
Ramazanov Nikolay Alexandrovich
Scotti Mikhail Ivanovich
Shamshin Peter Mikhailovich
Shebuev Vasily Kozmich
Tarasov Semen Stepanovich
Ton Konstantin Andreevich

Addresses
Truda Square/Saint Petersburg, city

Bibliographies
Холмовский В. А. Церковь во имя Благовещения Пресвятыя Богородицы, что в лейб-гвардии Конном полку // Историко-статистические сведения о С.-Петербургской епархии. СПб., 1876
Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл.: В 3 т. СПб., 1994-1996

The subject Index
Cavalry Life Guards Regiment
Potseluev Bridge

Chronograph
1849


Russian Style

RUSSIAN STYLE. A trend in Russian architecture of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, based on using methods and shapes of ancient and traditional Russian art and architecture. The Russian style emerged out of the aesthetics of Romanticism

St. Myron's Church

ST MYRON'S CHURCH, Church of the Holy Martyr Myron, located at 99 Obvodny Canal Embankment. The church of the Life Guards Chasseur Regiment, constructed in 1849-55 (architect K. A. Ton) in the Russian Byzantine style