Wooden church construction in Tomsk province late in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose is to study wooden churches in the Tomsk province late in the 19th and early 20th centuries.Methodology: Archival documents and bibliographic research are used to identify wooden churches in the Tomsk province, namely in Tomsk, Kainsky, Kuznetsk, Mariinsky, Barnaul. The analysis is given to compliance of these churches with standard projects of the years 1857 and 1899.Research findings: Based on systematized historical, archival and bibliographic documents and their analysis, wooden churches of the Tomsk province are identified.Practical implications: The possibility of using the results obtained for wooden religious architecture in Russia in preparing lectures, reports and messages on the history of the Siberian architecture and in activities of security and local government bodies, for the project implementation of conservation and restoration of surviving objects.