The peculiarities of formation of the South-Ural factory churches in the XVIII - XIXth centuries

The article considers the evolutionary process of church's buildings in the South Ural. On the basis of the XlXth century eyewitnesses' recollections, archive investigations in the Russian State Historical Archive and analysis of designs for buildings, the researcher discovers the architectural features of the churches. The research analyses the heritage of the South Ural in the light of practice of architectural design.