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- Memorial church in honor of victory in the War of 1812. The idea of building a memorial church was proposed by Maj-Gen Pyotr Kikin, a participant in the ‘Battle of Borodino’.
- It could have been built on Vorobyovy Gory(‘Sparrow Hills’) Russia's most famous architects of the time took part in the design competition for the cathedral, including Andrey Voronikhin, Aleksei Melnikov and Vasily Stasov.
- It was built under four emperors. Nicholas I, who came after Alexander I, announced a new competition and the winner, in 1831, was a project in Russian Byzantine style by Konstantin Thon, architect of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
- It was blown up in 1931. The cathedral stayed open for a certain time after the Bolshevik Revolution, but, in the Summer of 1931, it was decided to erect a gigantic ‘Palace of the Soviets’ skyscraper on the site.
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Храм Христа́ Спаси́теля, tr. Khram Khristá Spasítelya, IPA: [xram xrʲɪˈsta spɐˈsʲitʲɪlʲə]) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank of the Moskva River, a few hundred metres southwest of the Kremlin.
- 9,500 people
- Russian Revival
- 3,980 m²
It is situated in Moscow, on the banks of the Moskva River, a few blocks west of the Kremlin . The cathedral was commissioned by Tsar Alexander I on December 25, 1812, following the defeat and withdrawal of Napoleon 's troops from Russia.
Oct 14, 2015 · On September 22 (O.S. September 10), 1839 the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was solemnly founded by the Metropolitan of Moscow Filaret on the Alexeevsky hill in Moscow to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the end of the Patriotic War and storming of Paris in March of 1814.
Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow Perhaps the most famous temple of Russia is the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. There, all the solemn services in the honor of the main Orthodox holidays, gathering the believers from all over Russia are held.
navigation search. Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Хра́м Христа́ Спаси́теля), located in Moscow on the bank of the Moscow River, is the largest church in Russia. The origin of the Cathedral began with the signing of a manifesto on December 25, 1812 by Tsar Alexander I declaring his intention of building a ...
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