St. Andrew’s Church Architecture

St. Andrew’s Church rests on foundations that are fifteen meters deep. On the east side these cut right into the slope of the hill, but viewed from the west, they appear to be a two-storied structure. The church itself rises like a stone flower high above the foundations. St. Andrew’s Church has a single main dome and five small-domed terminations. It is 32 meters long, 23 meters wide and 60 meters high (including the cross at the top). From the outside the building is adorned with well-proportioned Corinthian columns, pilasters and cornices of elaborate from. Window frames and doors are exquisitely ornamented. The three colors used in painting the St. Andrew’s Church enhance the picturesque effect – the walls are greenish-blue, pilasters and columns are white, and the iron capitals and ornamentations are gilded. Inside, the St. Andrew’s Church has only one spacious hall under the lofty dome. The ornamental interior of the St. Andrew’s Church was worked out by Rastrelli. However, the creative craftsmanship of Ukrainian masters like Mikhail Chvitka, Yaakov Shevlitsky, Vasiliy Kletskovsky as well as Moscow craftsman such as Ivan and Vasiliy Zimin, Petr Rzewski, Nikita Alekseev and Petr Tsegu brought his designs into reality by employing a subtle combination of Ukrainian folk traditions and features typical of baroque style.