On the renovation of the Church of St. George in Inkerman, 1852
The capital renovation of the church in 1852 has significantly affected its original architectonic construction and given its familiar appearance today. However, this event remained outside the attention of almost all researchers of the monument, and did not reflect even the scientific writings of the contemporaries. A vivid evidence of changes made to this church is the Archimandrite Polycarp‘s correspondence with Archbishop Innocent as well as drawings of the temple made in 1851 by an unnamed engineer with the rank of Staff Captain. These documentary sources are published now for the first time. The renovation was carried by Sevastopol merchants, brothers Ivan and Aleksey Krasil’nikov at their own expense. The emergence of the church can be attributed to the late 10th and early 11th centuries and its first revival has accompanied by appearance of frescos, building of a number of auxiliary rooms, and accomplishing of the staircase connecting the monastery with the fortification. It did not occur until the second or third quarter of the 15th century, and it was associated with the activities of the rulers of Theodoro.