The Chapel of St. George the Victorious in Tashkent is a monument of pre-revolutionary Russian architecture in Tashkent , a chapel above the mass grave of soldiers who died while the Russian Empire conquered Tashkent .
| Chapel | |
| Chapel of St. George the Victorious | |
|---|---|
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| A country |  Uzbekistan |
| City | Tashkent , st. Aftob |
| Denomination | orthodoxy |
| Building type | chapel |
| First mention | 1885 |
| Building | 1885 - 1886 years |
| Key Dates | |
| 1886-1920 | |
| condition | inactive |
History
Delivered and located in a residential mahalla not far from the Kamolon gate of Tashkent (not preserved). The chapel was built in 1886 over a mass grave of 24 Russian rank and file soldiers who died in the assault of Tashkent under the command of General Chernyaev in June 1865. Illuminated in honor of the holy martyr George the Victorious .
The place of the grave was not chosen by chance, since there is a Kamolon Muslim cemetery near the chapel .
In 1865 , a tombstone with the inscription “For friends with you” was placed over the mass grave and a monument was erected: three pyramids of mortar cores. In 1886, a chapel was erected, which, according to Orthodox custom, was decorated with Slavic inscriptions from the Old and New Testaments. In the middle of the chapel there was a prism: on the one side of the prism was an icon, on the other - inscriptions from the Testament, and on the third - the names of the dead soldiers.
Near the chapel was a public garden with a church entrance, crosses and a beautiful cast-iron fence. The monument was courted by war veteran invalids who were given a salary. Every year, on June 15, on the Day of the capture of Tashkent, along the central streets of pre-revolutionary Tashkent, a procession was carried out with banners and church chants.
The complex existed until the October Revolution of 1917, which was looted and destroyed by the Bolsheviks. In 1949, the Uzbek family, who built a house nearby, received a plot of land where the monument was located. Near the house and there is this chapel, which leads tourists on excursions.
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Literature
- Golenberg V.A. Ancient temples of the Turkestan region. - Tashkent, 2011.
Links
- About the chapel
- About the chapel at the Kamalansky gate in the almanac "Letters about Tashkent"
- "Letters about Tashkent" Chapel in Kamalon Mahalla
- "Letters about Tashkent" Chapel at the Kamolon Gate. Projects
- "Letters about Tashkent" Chapel, addition
- “Letters about Tashkent” What a chapel?
- "Letters about Tashkent" Chapel