Sights of the Urals: Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker (Byngi village)

The current church in the name of Saint and Wonderworker Nicholas (Byngi village) was laid in the spring of 1789.

The construction of the church lasted seven years, in 1797 it was consecrated. It is believed that the temple is one of the first stone temple buildings of the Urals.

The architectural style is a combination of Baroque and Classicism, the name of the architect is not known.

A unique feature of the temple is that chimes of Nevyan production are installed on its bell tower (they do not work nowadays).

The temple was built for centuries: the floor is lined with cast-iron slabs, the walls are tied with iron ties, window frames on the dome are made of iron.

The interior of the bell tower is made of iron and iron, and the roof was made of iron.

The temple was laid at the expense of the breeder Peter Yakovlev, the third son of the Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist Savva Yakovlev.

According to legend, Peter Yakovlev issued an order to the manager Ivan Suslov: “... pour out a cast-iron church in Bynga in the name of St. Nicholas of Christ: if this cannot be done, then build a temple there to glory, do not pity anything, which would be marveled and which would not be an age.”

The temple has the status of an architectural monument of federal significance.

From the moment of its creation to the present time, the church was not closed, fortunately, it was not ruined, it preserved its original appearance and iconic decoration - icons of the famous Nevyan school of the XVIII century.

Ancient Old Believer Ural village Byngi is located 7 km from the city of Nevyansk and 98 km from Yekaterinburg.

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