Pyramid - the tomb of the Bilevichi

Piramida - burial place of Bilevichi
Ukraine, Kremenchuk
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Pyramid - the tomb of the Bilevichi

Piramida - burial place of Bilevichi
Ukraine, Kremenchuk
The pyramid in Komendantovka is the second in the Poltava region, in addition to the Zakrevski pyramid in Berezovaya Rudka, a tomb built in the form of the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs. The officer of the Russian fleet, Alexander Dmitrievich Bilevich, after returning from Egypt, impressed by the pyramids he saw there, began in 1864 the construction of a temple-pyramid on his estate. The three-tiered pyramid, 15 meters high, was built from granite blocks from a local quarry, which, for durability, were fastened with lime mortar with the addition of livestock blood and egg whites. Due to the high cost of this method of construction, it stretched for 13 years. The underground tier was made up of three burial halls, interconnected by passages. An Orthodox church was located in the first above-ground tier, and the upper tier served as a bell tower. The church was named Sofiyivska after Bilevich's wife Sofia was buried in the tomb in 1877. In 1916, Bilevich himself found rest here. In 1943, the graves were devastated, later a fertilizer warehouse was arranged in the pyramid.. After 7 years of restoration work in 2013, the temple in the pyramid reopened. An extension was made to it, which, by its appearance, violates the compositional integrity of a unique architectural monument.

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