Preĝejo de Mikaelo la Ĉefanĝelo, Orthodox church in Tyumen, Russia.
The Church of Michael the Archangel at 22 Lenin Street, on the corner of Turgenev Street, is a two-storey brick church: the heated lower church of Michael the Archangel was consecrated in 1791, the cold upper church of the Beheading of John the Baptist in 1824. The lower floor follows Siberian Baroque, the upper reflects classicism, which dominates. In 1899 a north aisle of Simeon of Verkhoturye, designed by Bogdan Zinke, doubled capacity. Remains of 19th-century academic wall painting survive in the refectory and the altar conch.
A wooden church on this site burned in 1695 and again in 1766; the second fire destroyed 604 households and led to the city's first building plan. Permission for a stone church was granted in 1781, and the heated lower church of Michael the Archangel was consecrated on 7 June 1791. The cold upper church of the Beheading of John the Baptist followed on 10 August 1824, after nearly 43 years of construction. The north chapel of Simeon of Verkhoturye, designed by Bogdan Zinke, was consecrated on 3 October 1899.
The church gave its name to the former Arkhangelskaya Street, now Ulitsa Uritskogo, until 1922. Its parish once included the villages of Derbyshi, Dudareva, Patrusheva, Plekhanova and Trufanova, and from 1892 it ran the city's first parish school, which by 1893 had 60 boys and 21 girls.
Visitors should know that regular services take place on weekdays and Sundays, so arriving outside these times may be calmer. Opening hours follow the religious calendar, so it helps to check ahead.
The north aisle, added in 1899 to a design by architect Bogdan Zinke, runs the full length of the building and doubled its capacity, though it broke the unity of the original composition. A second, south aisle was designed but never built.
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