Title of the article:

UNKNOWN CHURCH IN THE WESTERN PART OF TVER KREMLIN

Author(s):

Aleksey M. Salimov

Еlena А. Romanova

Vasily V. Danilov

Information about the author/authors

Aleksey M. Salimov — DSc in Art, Corresponding Member of the RAASN, Research Institute of History and Theory of Architecture and Urban Planning, Dushinskaya St., 9, 111024 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: sampochta@mail.ru

Elena A. Romanova — senior research officer, Department of Archaeology, Tver State United Museum, Sovetskaya St., 5, 170000 Tver, Russia. E-mail: romartver@mail.ru

Vasily V. Danilov — research officer, A. N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technologies. Design. Art), Sadovnicheskaya St., 33, p. 1, 117997 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: romartver@mail.ru

Section

History of Arts

Year

2021

Volume

Vol. 60

Pages

pp. 224–236

Received

July 13, 2020

Date of publication

June 28, 2021

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2021-60-224-236

Index UDK

7.033

Index BBK

85.113(2)

Abstract

The present paper explores the history of one of the Tver Kremlin cemeteries first surveyed archaeologically in 1998 (figure 1). Based on the analyses of the material gained and its dating the authors indicate the period of the studied part of necropolis functioning as the second quarter of the 16^th – the border of the 16–17^th centuries (figures 2–5). The cemetery existed by the wooden church which was destroyed probably in the period of “the Time of Troubles” in the early 17^th century. The church stood in the western part of the Tver Kremlin, 200 meters to the west of central ensemble of stone temples including the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Our Saviour as well as constructions of Prince’s Yard and the Bishop’s one. The consecration of the necropolis’ church has been determined probably as “the Church of Life-giving Trinity over the Bishop’s Yard” [6, р. 296]. Authors came to the conclusion on the basis of studying several written and archaeological sources.

Keywords

Tver Kremlin, wooden church, necropolis, Middle Ages, church of Trinity, Bishop’s Yard.

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