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St. Nicholas Chapel

The St. Nicholas Chapel was built in 1867 at the expense of the merchant of the 1st guild, the elder of the Transfiguration Cathedral, I. I. Eltekov in memory of the deliverance of Emperor Alexander 2 from the assassination attempt in 1866.
The St. Nicholas Chapel was built in 1867 at the expense of the merchant of the 1st guild, the elder of the Transfiguration Cathedral I.I.Eltekov

The chapel in Rybinsk, dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, was built in 1867 in honor of the deliverance of Emperor Alexander II from an assassination attempt by revolutionaries a year earlier. Immediately after its construction, the Nikolskaya Chapel became a real decoration of the Rybinsk embankment: wide pilasters with magnificent capitals, tall windows, a hexagonal hipped roof with a small gilded dome and a cross. The details of the decor were decorated with fine ornaments, and stucco cherub heads were placed above the windows. The white surface of the walls contrasted with the colored stucco and was complemented by picturesque images of saints.

After the October Revolution and the beginning of the persecution of the church, St. Nicholas Chapel was closed and redone beyond recognition: the second floor was added, redevelopment was carried out. For many years it housed the library of the river port and the water police. Only after extensive restoration work on the building structure, in 2011 the Volga embankment in Rybinsk regained its unique decoration.

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