STUDY ON THE SPECIFICITY OF THE KYIV CHURCHES’ VOLUMETRIC AND SPATIAL COMPOSITION AS A BASIS FOR THEIR RESTORATION

The article analyzes the volumetric and spatial composition of Orthodox churches in Kyiv from the Kyivan Rus and Baroque periods. Using the method of system-structural analysis and style classifiers, the presence of signs of Byzantine traditions in the architecture of the princely churches of Kyiv was analyzed and in the churches of the Ukrainian Baroque – signs of Western European Baroque. Based on this, regional originality was determined and conclusions were drawn that Kyivan Rus architecture had a more typified character than the architecture of the Ukrainian Baroque, which was an expression of national identity. The compositional construction of Kyivan Rus and Baroque churches was analyzed and compared. The domestic experience of recreating unique churches from the Kyivan Rus and Baroque periods is presented.