Keyword: «sofia courtyard»

Based on a comparison of data from Siberian chronicles, office documents, archaeological, cartographic and pictorial sources, the history of the oldest church in Tobolsk – Trinity – is presented. The preserved information allows us to describe the circumstances of its construction and multiple reconstructions during the period from the end of the XVI century to the end of the XVIII century. At the foundation of Tobolsk, it was the first church founded in the town. Historical sources make it possible to determine the approximate location of the Trinity Church within the city limits, which has changed several times. For the 20s of the XVII century. it is possible to get an idea of the most striking items of church utensils that were in the temple. By the 1670s. There were two Trinity churches in the upper town. The Trinity Church at Gostiny Dvor and the Trinity Church in the Metropolitan courtyard coexisted. At the end of the XVII century . Trinity Church was one of the earliest stone buildings built of brick. Based on the comparison of images of the stone Trinity Church presented on the pages of «Sluzhebnaya kniga», «Horograficheskaya kniga», «CHertezhnaya kniga» authored by S.U. Remezov, an attempt is made to describe its main architectural features, which allows us to create an approximate graphic reconstruction of this building. Such an analysis with a description was made for the first time, which complements the novelty of the research done. It is suggested that in the first half of the XVIII century. the temple could undergo a significant restructuring, which significantly changed its architecture. In general, the presented results are the first work summarizing data from sources of various origins about the Tobolsk Trinity Church in the specified period.