As part of the Walks through Old Irkutsk project, a tour of Chudotvorskaya Street will take place, formerly called Bograd. The history of the street and the Chudotvorskaya Church, which gave it its name, will be told by project coauthor Alexey Petrov. Participants will learn how a wooden church appeared here, how construction of a stone church in Siberian Baroque style began, and why the street had to wait 95 years to regain its historic name.
Within the framework of the “Walks Through Old Irkutsk” project, there will be a tour of Chudotvorskaya Street, formerly Bograda Street. The history of the street will be told by the project co-author, head of the Irkutsk club of young scientists “Alliance,” Candidate of Political Sciences Alexey Petrov.— Since 1703, a wooden Chudotvorskaya Church stood here. The street was named after it. In 1744, Mikhail Ivanovich Glazunov, who had arrived in Irkutsk from Veliky Ustyug, began construction of a two-story stone church with a bell tower. This marked the beginning of Siberian Baroque and defined the distinctive style of ecclesiastical architecture. In February 1748, the wooden church burned down. Parishioners began to petition for the opening of a side chapel in the stone building under construction. The side chapel in honor of the Presentation of the Lord was consecrated already on November 10, — the organizers said. — In 1925, by a decision of the Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR, the Chudotvorskaya Church was declared an architectural monument and placed under state protection, but eight years later the church was blown up. In the year Soviet power was established in Irkutsk, the street also lost its original name. It had to wait 95 years to get it back.
The meeting point for participants of the walk will be at the intersection of Chudotvorskaya Street and Tsesovskaya Embankment at 7:00 p.m.