Bell Tower, Solikamsk, Bell tower from 1713 in Solikamsk, Russia.

The Bell Tower of Solikamsk is a free-standing brick tower built in 1713 in the historic centre of Solikamsk, at Naberezhnaya Street 92. Its base is a massive, almost cubic building with three full storeys on one side and four incomplete storeys on the other, smooth-plastered and almost devoid of decoration. Above it rises an octagonal tower with semi-columns and three rows of kokoshniks, topped by an octagonal spire with a small onion dome and cross. The tower leans noticeably from the vertical and reaches 60 metres from base to cross.

Built in 1713 as the bell tower of the Spaso-Trinity Cathedral, the tower originally had a round cupola. In 1837 that cupola was replaced by a tall octagonal spire topped with a small onion dome and cross. The wooden spire structure collapsed in 1943 and was rebuilt in 1956 to architect F. M. Toltsiner's design, retaining its former appearance but using a metal frame.

The tower's bell, cast in 1782 by Grigory Ivanovich Vizgin of Cheboksary, hung in the wide arched openings of the belfry. Three rows of kokoshniki, stepped corbel arches, rise above those arches, and the ribs of the octagonal shaft carry half-columns with small capitals. The masonry under the arches is painted in several colours.

The tower stands at Naberezhnaya Street 92 in the historic centre, above the valley of the Usolka river. Its base, a massive almost cubic block, once housed the town administration, a court and a school, and its rooms are vaulted. The lean away from vertical is visible to the naked eye from the street.

The tower rests on a massive, almost cubic base that once housed the town administration, a court and a school. Inside, cross-shaped walls divide the lower volume into four equal squares, each with a vaulted room; diagonal arches above the vaults carry the octagonal tower, a bolder solution than the gallery used at Veliky Ustyug's St Nicholas Church.