Piatnytska Church, Chernihiv: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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The fate of this monument is unusual. A small Piatnytska Church stood on the public sale area of Chernihiv ([[Paraskevi of Iconium|Paraskeva Pyatnytsia]] has been long since considered as a trade patron saint). High dome, numerous stucco moulding, elegant proportions of the church – all these features undoubtedly gave grounds to attribute the building to [[Ukrainian baroque]] style of the 17th - 18th centuries. The only unusual feature was its centric projection composition. Researchers asserted that the forms of an [[ancient Rus']] building were hidden under the baroque clothes.

In 1943 a soviet bomb hit the building. The prominent Soviet researcher of [[ancient Rus']] architecture [[Pyotr Baranovsky|P. Baranovskyi]] arrived at [[Chernihiv]] in December 1943.: "It was me who happened to accompany him and take part in inspections of Chernihiv buildings. The picture which revealed in front of us was terrible: only ruins remained of PyatnitskaPiatnytska Church, rising lonely above the covered with snow wasted grounds of the city destroyed by the fascist invaders." The investigation of the monument gave unexpected results. The church did not resemble all the known [[ancient Rus']] buildings. Everything attested that this monument was of a new architectural style which was formed in Rus' at the end of the 12th century, at the time of [[The Tale of Igor's Campaign|«The Word to the Honour of Prince’s Igor Regiment»]].

It is known that at that time the [[ancient Rus']] cities went out on the historical arena. Craftsmanship and trade were rapidly developing there, industrial and trade corporations were organized. That is to say that the social and economic process was taking place, which caused the development of [[Gothic architecture|gothic architectural style]] in Europe .