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484 484 RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE. Tart II. the same class. As will l>e perceived, its plan is like that of the churches of Asia Minor, so far as the central aisles are concerned. In lateral extension it resembles a mosque, a form elsewhere very un- usual in Christian churches, but which here may be a Tartar pecu- liarity. At all events it is generally found in Russian churches, which 941. East End of the Church of Novogorod. (From ;i Drawing by A. Duraiid.) never adopt the long basilican form of the West. If their length in an eastern and western direction ever exceeds the breadth, it is only by taking in the narthex with the bofly of the church. Internally this church retains many of its original arrangements, and many decorations which, if not original, are at least restorations or copies of those which previously occupied their places. Externally it has been so repaired and rebuilt that it is difficult to detect what belongs to the original work. In this respect the church of IS'ovogorod has been more fortunate.