St. John the Baptist Church, Yaroslavl

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St. John the Baptist Church, Yaroslavl.

St. John the Baptist Church (Russian: Церковь Иоанна Предтечи) in Yaroslavl is considered to be the acme of the Yaroslavl school of architecture. It was built in 1671-1687 on the bank of Kotorosl river in the Tolchkovo sloboda (district) which at that time was the largest and wealthiest part of the town.

1000-ruble Russian banknote featuring St. John the Baptist Church.

Its walls and dome drums are covered with richly glazed tiles; the temple's fifteen onion domes are assembled in three groups. The 7-storey, 45-metre high bell-tower was built later than the church itself in mid-1690s.

The entire interior is covered with frescoes depicting Christian saints, St. John the Baptist hagiography and biblical topics. They were painted by Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignatyev in 1694-1695.

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Some of the onion domes	The bell tower	Front porch of the church, showing the elaborate brickwork	Detail of brickwork
The pulpit protected by a metal grill	Fresco of the Last Judgment	Fresco depicting the Trial of Jesus.	Richly frescoed columns, looking towards the iconostas and up into the central dome