as we were told by ibragimuzdenov, a local ethnographer in all of karachay-cherkessia, such architecturesentinsky temple cannot be found, this is byzantine architecture, this cross-domed building is quite small, but still cross-domed. it can be said that this is a byzantine invention. that is, it was still, as a landmark, both the spiritual and geographical local population. at that time, the state of alania spread over a vast territory, including these lands belonged to alania. alania worked closely with byzantium, the leading elite of the aland state. they belonged to the christian community, and therefore it was not so difficult to conclude an alliance with byzantium , and using these connections, the architects who arrived in this territory presented new architecture to this land. 16 square meters many windows a lot of light the walls are made of a good domestic tweeter. its shades make the whole building airy and light. if we look at the stones from which this temple is built, we can find old traces of relief on them. on the stones on some stones , ancient drawings are still preserv