Onion Shaped Roof

Such domes are often larger in diameter than the tholobate upon which they sit and their height usually exceeds their width.

Onion shaped roof.

As their name implies they feature a tapered rounded shape much like an onion. луковичная глава lúkovichnaya glavá. A prominent historical figure ivan was the grand prince of moscow who would then go on to become the tsar of rus until his death. A peculiar feature of russian orthodox churches is the presence of onion shaped domes on top of the cupolas.

лук luk onion is a dome whose shape resembles an onion and is usually associated with russian architectural style. In the early history of the russian church especially in kiev the first capital the domes of the churches followed the typical byzantine rounded style but later especially after the mongol period russian churches tended toward the onion domes which in many places became quite stylized. It has been postulated that the onion shaped domes propped up in russia during the era of ivan the terrible. The last time the dome was worked on was in the mid 1980 s.

The church was originally founded in 1915 on dixwell avenue and moved to its current location at alden and burton in 1967. These bulbous structures taper smoothly to a point. They re made of wood. Basil s is sort of an exception.

I think the construction is kind of like the hull of a ship on the bottom half with curved vertical supports holding curved horizontal stringers. Most onion domes are plain white decorated only with the gold cupola and cross on top. An onion dome russian.