St. Nicholas Church was built in 1856 on the hill of the Fraternal Cemetery in Sebastopol. The temple was built in honor of the fallen soldiers, Sevastopol defenders in the Crimean War. The project of this temple was designed by architect A. Shtakenshneider. He took as the basis a form of the Egyptian pyramid. The pyramid of the temple has a height of 89 ft. The grounds of the temple is a high skirting 68x68 ft. It built from limestone blocks and rapped out from lead of bullets that was collected in the field of battle. The pyramid is topped the massive 22 ft cross.
Photos by Lilia.
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