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Let us now leave Kozlov Val and go down to the Church of St. Nicholas at the Galleys (Tserkov Nikoly v Galeyakh) in Upper Kalinin Street (Verkhnaya Kalinin-skaya Ulitsa). This is a most interesting church. The archaic word "galeya" in its name was used for large vessels of the galley type propelled by oars. Evidently there was a quay here at the bottom of the hill, and above it on the hillside a wooden church was built dedicated to St. Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors and travellers. The church is mentioned in twelfth-century records. The present church was built from 1732-1735 from funds donated by a rich coachman, Ivan Grigoriev Pav-lygin, as the inscription by the west door tells us. It is one of the so-called refectory or ttapeznaya type, i.e., the main square-shaped building of the church itself is adjoined on its western wall by a low refectory linking it with the bell-tower. The unknown architect of this church built it in a style predominant in the seventeenth century. The ensemble is beautifully proportioned. The main part of the church consists of gradually diminishing octagons on a square base. This plan first appeared in Russian mediaeval wooden architecture and was later imitated in the stone churches at the end of the seventeenth century. The main octagon is particularly fine, with its slender semi-columns at each corner and elegant carving round the windows which stands out in sharp relief against the flat white surface of the walls. The bell-tower with its strong rectangular pillars reminiscent of Pskov architecture harmonises beautifully with the main building of the church by virtue of its light, graceful proportions and the interplay between the smooth square-shaped lower section, the octagonal middle section with its bell-tier, and the light octagonal tent-shaped roof. The outside of the ensemble is decorated with green, glazed tiles. The church fits in beautifully with the surrounding landscape and the whole southern aspect of the town. Its slender white silhouette stands out well against the darker background of gardens and houses stretching up the hill. It seems most likely that the church was built by a Suzdal architect. We shall see buildings extremely similar in style in Suzdal.

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