Octagon on cube

At the end of the 17th century, the style firmly established itself among architects of the Moscow Baroque.

[4] The combination of contrasting forms of this type of church gives striving upward look as dynamism is a characteristic of the Baroque style.

Octagon-on-cube churches continued to be built in Russian provinces until the end of the 18th century.

[citation needed] With regard to the Moscow Baroque, there are several different types of octagon-on-cube churches.

The essential attribute of these buildings is a combination of church and bell tower in a single composition.