Smolyany. Church of St. Alyaksei (ruins).

In 1864, a red brick church was built in Smolyany on the outskirts of the town in honor of St. Alexey. The temple is a monument of architecture retrospectively - Russian style. And it was built according to the canons of the time from 4 parts: Bell tower, refectory, prayer hall and three-sided apse. The church has two vertical dominants: a two-tiered quadrilateral belfry topped by a tabernacle and a spherical dome on an octagonal light drum above a four-pitched roof that sits above a central cube-shaped volume. There are high arched window openings on the facades. Next to the church on the left side is a chapel - the burial place of the local nobles Titovy, who had a small estate here in Smolyany. Until now, only farm buildings and a park remain. The chapel near the church is low, four-sided with a crypt - a burial place. Burials are looted. The floor covered with colored tiles with a pattern has been preserved in the chapel. The church and the chapel are in a state of disrepair.