Ukrainian Baroque, also known as Cossack Baroque, is an architectural style that was widespread in the 17th–18th centuries, primarily within the Cossack Hetmanate. It combined the features of the late Renaissance and Baroque construction of neighboring countries with exclusively Ukrainian forms of folk wooden church architecture. At the end of the 17th and in the 18th centuries, local Ukrainian architecture felt a significant influence of the contemporary Russian Baroque, first Naryshkin, and then Elizabethan.
Churches in the Ukrainian Baroque style were built in various shapes and sizes. Typical buildings of multi-part multi-dome composition prevailed (three-, five-, seven- and nine-part, in the form of wooden churches), which differed only in decor. Large four- and six-column hall multi-nave cathedrals, small column-less churches and churches of original, unique composition are also known.
The list includes all of the known stone churches in the Ukrainian Baroque style, both preserved and lost. Destroyed buildings are highlighted in gray. Ukraine
Cherkasy Oblast NameLocationConstruction or reconstruction dateNotesPhotoSt. Elijah ChurchSubotiv1653Small church with features of Belarusian Baroque. Built by Bohdan Khmelnytsky and housed his tomb. The bell tower was built in the 19th century.Transfiguration Church of Zolotonosha1767–1771Three-part three-dome church. Built by Ivan Grigorovich-Barsky. Incorporates features of Elizabethan Baroque. Damaged in the 1930s and during World War II, and reconstructed in the 1960s.
Chernihiv Oblast NameLocationConstruction or reconstruction dateNotesPhotoBaturynSecond half of 17th centuryFive-dome church. Built at the expense of Ivan Samoylovych and expanded at the expense of Ivan Mazepa. Burnt down on 13 November 1708 during the Sack of Baturyn. Another wooden church with the same name was later built in a different place and closed in 1787.Annunciation ChurchBerezna1778Cruciform nine-part one-dome church. Destroyed in the Soviet period.Trinity CathedralBorznaBefore 1639; 1789Five-part one-dome church. Destroyed in 1967.Boris and Gleb CathedralChernihiv1700–1702The medieval church was rebuilt at the expense of Ivan Mazepa. The two-story bell tower that was built in the 1670s was destroyed in the 1960s when the medieval look was returned to the cathedral.Church of All Saints in the Chernihiv CollegiumChernihivEnd of 17th century; 1700–1702Built by Ivan Mazepa. Two-story church with a narrow bell tower on top. The decor features elements of the Naryshkin Baroque.Church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary of the Trinity MonasteryChernihiv1677–1679Two-dome refectory church with a rectangular altar section and exterior features of Moscow Baroque. Its 18th-century iconostasis was built by the order of Ivan Mazepa. of Yelets Dormition MonasteryChernihiv1670s–1680sThe medieval church was rebuilt by and Ioanikiy (Galyatovsky) at the expense of numerous noble families, including the Lyzohubs and the Baryatynskys. Three cupolas were added above the narthex (of which two have been preserved), and one more above the altar. It was expanded in 1689. The bell tower was built in 1670–1675. The iconostasis was made in 1669–1670 and lost in the 1920s.Piatnytska ChurchChernihivEnd of 17th centuryThe medieval church was rebuilt in the Baroque style. It was greatly damaged during World War II, and consequently reconstructed by Pyotr Baranovsky to its 13th-century appearance.St. Catherine's ChurchChernihiv1696–1715Cruciform nine-part five-dome church. Built at the expense of the Lyzohub family. The iconostasis was destroyed in the Soviet period.St. Elijah Church of the Trinity MonasteryChernihiv17th–18th centuriesThe medieval one-dome church was rebuilt on the exterior, with added domes above the narthex and the apse. The two-story bell tower was built later. The iconostasis was made in the 1770s.Saints Peter and Paul Church of Yelets Dormition MonasteryChernihiv1680sRefectory church. Lost its original appearance when it was rebuilt in the end of the 18th century.Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity MonasteryChernihiv1679–1696Originally built by Lazar Baranovych, since 1688 by Ivan Baptista at the expense of Ivan Mazepa, and later by a group headed by Osip Startsev. It was a large three-nave seven-dome church until four of its domes were destroyed. The cathedral was reconstructed in the 1980s–1990s. The seven-tier iconostasis of 1695 was destroyed in the Soviet period. of 1741–1754Three-part three-dome three-apse church.1708–1710Five-part five-dome church in with features similar to Naryshkin Baroque. Built at the expense of Ivan Mazepa. It was heavily damaged during World War II, and partially disassembled. The church is being reconstructed.Dormition Church of the Hustynia MonasteryBeginning of the 18th centuryCruciform one-dome refectory church. Built by Ivan Mazepa.St. Nicholas the Wondermaker Church of the Hustynia MonasteryHustynia1670sGate church, fully rebuilt in the 19th century. Only the lower parts of the current building preserve the original structure.Sts. Peter and Paul Church of the Hustynia MonasteryHustyniaFirst quarter of the 18th centuryCruciform nine-part five-dome gate church.Trinity Cathedral of the Hustynia MonasteryHustynia1674–1675Cruciform nine-part five-dome church built at the expense of Ivan Samoylovych. The 18th-century five-tier iconostasis was destroyed in the Soviet period.Kozelets1752–1763Large five-dome church with elements of Elizabethan Baroque. Built by Andrey Kvasov and Ivan Grigorovich-Barsky at the expense of . The four-story bell tower was built together with the cathedral. The iconostasis was made in the 1760s.Kozelets1784Cruciform one-dome three-apse church. Built by .Intercession Church of LadanBefore 1763Three-part three-dome church with a separate bell tower built in 19th century. The cathedral was distorted and the bell tower was destroyed in the Soviet period. The cathedral is being reconstructed.1755One-dome tetraconch church, transitional between Baroque and Neoclassicist styles.Transfiguration (Trinity) Cathedral of 1642–1650sThree-nave one-dome (three-dome after 17th century) church with elements of Belarusian Baroque. Established by Adam Kisiel. Destroyed in the late 1940s.Presentation of the Virgin Mary Church of Maksaky MonasteryMaksaky1690sOne-dome refectory church. Destroyed in the 1930s. of the Nizhyn1702–1716Large five-dome church with influence of Russian Baroque by G. Ustinov. The façades were rebuilt in the 19th century in the classicist style.NizhynBefore 1752Two-story one-dome church. Belongs to the tetraconch type.Nizhyn1721Rebuilt, distorted in the Soviet period.Nizhyn1775One-dome church. Houses the tomb of Petro Rozumovsky. The winter church and the bell tower were built in 1860.Nizhyn1757–1765One-dome tetrachonch church. The bell tower was built in the 19th century.Presentation of the Virgin Mary Church of the Nizhyn1775–1778One-dome church. The bell tower was built in the 19th century.Nizhyn1719–1729Small three-part one-dome church. One of the three Greek churches of Nizhyn.St. Nicholas CathedralNizhyn1655–1658Large cruciform nine-part five-dome church. Much of the exterior decoration has been reconstructed hypothetically. It iconostasis was made in the 1730s and destroyed in the Soviet period. This church is the prototype of Ukrainian Baroque cruciform five-dome churches.Nizhyn1788Three-part one-dome church.Nizhyn1757Cruciform three-dome church. It was heavily damaged during World War II, and is currently under reconstruction.Nizhyn1727–1733Small cruciform one-dome church. Gained classicist features in the 1830s. One of the three Greek churches of Nizhyn.Novhorod-Siverskyi17th–18th centuriesNine-part five-dome church. The bell tower was built in the 19th century.Exaltation of the Cross ChurchNovhorod-Siverskyi1715Three-part one-dome church with elements of Petrine Baroque. Destroyed in the 1930s.Resurrection ChurchNovhorod-Siverskyi1707Originally a three-part one-dome church. Rebuilt, and finally destroyed in the 1930s. of the Novhorod-SiverskyiMid 17th centuryCruciform one-dome refectory church.Transfiguration Cathedral of the Transfiguration MonasteryNovhorod-SiverskyiBefore 1678The medieval church was rebuilt into the Ukrainian Baroque style. It was disassembled and a new classicist church with a design by Giacomo Quarenghi was built in its place in 1791–1806.Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wondermaker of Cruciform nine-part five-dome church. Built at the expense of . Destroyed in the 1930s together with its 18th-century five-tier iconostasis.Originally a three-part one-dome church. Built at the expense of Oleksandr Shylo. Two more domes were built in the 1760s–1770s above the narthex and the apse.Pryluky1705–1720Hall church with an elongated sanctuary and a bell tower. Built at the expense of the polkovnyk .Pryluky1705–1720Nine-part five-dome church. Built at the expense of Hnat Galagan.Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wondermaker of 1754–1760Cruciform nine-part five-dome church with a large central dome. Built at the expense of the brigadiers F. Kachenovsky and P. Chyzhevsky. Destroyed in 1930.Church of St. Nicholas the Wondermaker of Rykhly MonasteryRykhly1757Small three-part one-dome church. Built at the expense of F. Kachenovsky and P. Chyzhevsky. Destroyed in the 1930s.Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist of Rykhly MonasteryRykhly1767Five-part three-dome gate church with elements of Elizabethan Baroque. Destroyed in the 1930s.Sedniv1690–1696Cruciform nine-part one-dome church. Built by Yakiv Lyzohub. The bell tower was built in the 19th century.Resurrection ChurchSosnytsia1756Five-part three-dome church with Provincial Baroque façades. Destroyed in the 1930s.Sosnytsia1702Three-part three-dome church with elements of Naryshkin Baroque. Built at the expense of the merchant Hryhoriy Korenko. Destroyed in the 1950s.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast NameLocationConstruction or reconstruction dateNotesPhoto1754Three-part five-dome church.Kytaihorod1756–1796Combines features of a church, bell tower, and defensive tower. Built by the order of Pavlo Yefremovych Semenov.Kytaihorod1757One-dome round church.
Donetsk Oblast NameLocationConstruction or reconstruction dateNotesPhotoSt. Nicholas Church of Sviatohirsk LavraSviatohirsk1680sPartially rebuilt in 1851.
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