On the issue of the “Russian style” in the cathedral architecture of the 19th century

The features of the emergence and formation of the “Russian style” in the temple architecture are described. The question of the main features of this style and their manifestation in the architecture of Russia, the system of decoration of the “new Russian style” is addressed. It is noted that the details of the external decoration of buildings had an exceptional decorative value. The ornamentality by the end of the 19th century was one of the distinctive features of the “Russian style”, which showed a special interest of Russian architects in such means of expression, carrying a certain sense of meaning. It is concluded that simplicity and traditional forms, the presence of free internal space, as well as the richness of the decor, the play of color and texture became an integral part of the architecture of this period and one of the distinctive features of the national architecture of Russia.