--- The Church of St. Georgii. Torzhok ---
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Pictured by I. Lukash at November of 2006

The church is situated at Grazhdanskaya street, 2. It was built in 1692, rebuilt in 1805, closed in 1934. In 1968 The Church of St. Georgii was saved by townspeople from being completly destroyed in the case that a new road layout was about to be implemented at the place of the temple.


The outlook from the opposite side



View of the city of Torzhok from the ancient rampart in 1910. Visible are the churches of Saint Georgii (at the left) and the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. Pictured by S.M. Prokudin-Gorskii. The photo was restored by Oleg Poljakov

The fragment of the photo by S.M. Prokudin-Gorskii 'Torzhok. View of the city from the north', 1910. The Church of Saint Georgii is at the left. The right church have been probably demolished. The whole photo is on the site of The Library of Congress (39 Mb)


Irina and Aleksandr Lukash

2006-2007 years