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- Vitebsk region, Braslav District, Braslav, 70, Leninskaya Stree
Holy Assumption Church, representing a monument of Pseudo-Russian architecture, has been included in the cultural heritage of Belarus.
About the Church
In 1897, Holy Assumption Church was erected in Braslav next to the Catholic church. The construction was carried out with active participation of the priest Vladimir Vasilevsky.
The architectural treatment of the church consists of several elements, including the refectory, a pentagonal apse, a two-story bell tower-porch, and a cubic volume. The main structure of the church is crowned with a four-pitched roof with onion-shaped towers, and the central entrance, located from the bell tower side, is decorated with a portal with an arch on columns. The facades of the building are divided by arched apertures of window with barrel columns.
The interior of the church is richly decorated with rustication, belt courses, and niches. Especially notable is the carved three-tier iconostasis, brought from Kiev in the 1980s, as well as unique icons from the XVIII-XIX centuries, transferred from the closed church of Drujsk.
Today, the church once again delights parishioners and visitors of Braslav with its renovated facade and well-kept churchyard.