Typical Military Temple of the Russian Imperial Army during the Reign of Emperor Nicholas II

Abstract

Construction of standard military temples in the Russian Empire began in the early XX century and continued until 1917. The article is devoted to the model temples erected on the territory of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the XX century. It considers both preserved and destroyed model churches of the Russian Imperial army at the beginning of the XX century on the examples in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other cities in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkey. The reasons for creating a standard project for Russian army units are considered.