MODERN TECHNOLOGIES IN RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF ST. VOLODYMYR'S CATHEDRAL IN CHERSONESOS)

The article structures historical facts related to the history of the cathedral and the description of its architecture, identifies problems with the state of emergency of the cathedral before the restoration work, presents a comprehensive system of the entire list of activities and analyzes the state of restored elements in the post-restoration period. The interiors were decorated with exquisite ornamental and plot paintings, parapets, balustrades, on the second tier was an iconostasis of white marble. Thematic paintings of the Lower Church of St. Volodymyr's Cathedral with the remains of an ancient basilica, made by artist P.T. Riss, confirmed the inseparable link between the two events: through the holy sacrament of baptism in Chersonesos, Prince Volodymyr the Holy received the light of the Christian faith from Byzantium, through the sacrament of baptism of Kyivans in Pochaina river, he spread the light of faith throughout Kyivan Rus. [...]the fate of Volodymyr Cathedral in Soviet times was tragic: after the capture of Crimea by the Bolsheviks in 1919, the Chersonesos monastery was oppressed: it housed a home for the disabled and a military unit, opened a museum in 1923, and in 1924 liturgical services stopped altogether.