Don region (Donshchyna)

THE DNEPER UKRAINE TRADITION IN THE SACRED ARCHITECTURE OF DON REGION IN THE 18TH CENTURY

On the basis of historical graphic materials analysis, a number of Don region sacral objects were identified as those whose style and character are undoubtedly connected with the traditions of Dnieper Ukraine architecture. The influence of the Dnieper region architecture in this region is mainly associated with the main military cathedral in Cherkassk (now Starocherkassk), but, the presented materials shows a much wider scale of this phenomenon within the framework of wooden construction.