Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2022)

This article is devoted to a key problem in the history of Russian church architecture at the turn of the 17th-18th century: the combination of innovative spatial solutions with traditional schemes of building churches. This study analyzes the phenomenon of preserving the three-part composition of the building with the location of the temple, refectory and bell tower on the same east-west axis, which was created in the Late Middle Ages and continued to remain relevant during the transition from the Middle Ages to the New Time. The article uses the method of forma-stylistic comparative analysis of monuments and their systematization with the involvement of bibliography and archival sources (primarily on destroyed objects). As a result of the work carried out, several variants of three-dimensional compositions were revealed among the temples with a three-part axial solution erected during the specified period in Moscow, the Zamoskovny Region and remote regions of Russia. The relevance of the article is due to the insufficient study of this issue. The results obtained can be used in writing sections on the history of Russian church architecture of the reign of Peter the Great, compiling guides to individual regions, and conservation and restoration documentation on monuments.