Ascension Church

Among the numerous architectural monuments of the Great Ustyug, a very special place is occupied by the Church of the Ascension with its magnificent decorative decoration. The Ascension Temple was built in 1648 on the initiative of one of the richest Ustyuzh merchants - Nikifor Revyakin.

Since then, the church has undergone some changes, but retains its complex structure and expressiveness, being the oldest surviving in the city.

In the XVII century, the temple was eleven-headed, but subsequently rebuilt several times and now has five chapters. The greatest value is a rich decor, here you can trace a lot of architectural elements and techniques: “creeping” arches, and double drums with faceted cupolas, and asymmetry of volumes, and profiled pediments, and kokoshniks on windows. The facades are decorated with brick and carved white stone, as well as colored tiles.

All this makes the Church of the Ascension a true architectural pearl in the necklace of the temples of the Great Ustyug.