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St. Elijah's Church by the Orshitsa River in occupied Orsha, 1943

Belarus
Orsha, Vitebsk Oblast
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Built in 1880 of brick on the Dnieper's left bank, this four-part church comprises a bell tower entrance, refectory, prayer hall, and five-walled apse with side vestries. A bulbous dome crowns the central section, while smaller domes top the bell tower's tent roof and the apse's multi-faceted roof. The entrance features a four-pillared porch capped by a faceted tent roof and small dome. Old Russian decorative forms adorn the architecture. Closed after 1917 and used as a warehouse, the church.. Read more »


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