The Bell Tower of St. Nicholas Dobryi Church, located at 6 Pokrovska Street, is a unique architectural monument of national significance that miraculously survived after the destruction of the main church during the Soviet era. The original masonry bell tower was built around 1716 on the initiative of the priest Symeon (Shyrypa), who also financed the construction of a new masonry church after a fire destroyed the earlier wooden one. In 1781, an arcade-gallery with columns in the Ukrainian Baroque style was added to the southern façade of the second tier, giving the structure a distinctive architectural charm.
The bell tower combines elements of Ukrainian Baroque and the tent-roofed architecture of the 16th–17th centuries, making it unique for Kyiv. Its height, including the tented roof and cupola, reaches approximately 28 meters, while the wall thickness on the lower tiers measures 1.7–1.8 meters. The structure served multiple functions: the lower tier could house church sextons or operate as a parish school, the second tier contained a heated chapel dedicated to St. Symeon the Stylite, and the third tier served as the bell chamber. After the fire of 1811, the chapel was re-consecrated in honor of the Great Martyr Barbara.
The main St. Nicholas Dobryi Church, rebuilt in the early 19th century by architect Andriy Melenskyi in the Classicist (Empire) style, was destroyed in the 1930s by the Soviet authorities, while the bell tower miraculously survived. During the Soviet period, it was used as a storage facility, and in 1963 it was included in the registry of architectural monuments. Today, the bell tower houses the Greek Catholic parish of St. Nicholas, preserving both the spiritual function and the historical value of the structure.