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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. With an overall height of 103 metres ...
- 9,500 people
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- 3,980 m²
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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.
On December 5, 1931, the windows shook in the buildings around Volkhonka and Prechistenka streets in Moscow – the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was being blown up in order to construct a ...
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Sep 22, 2016 · Moscow's majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior was not the only one to undergo drastic changes. In the Soviet era, ambitious communists destroyed many houses of prayer or re-appropriated them ...
The Palace of Soviets was to be erected on the site of the Christ the Savior Cathedral, which was to be demolished. On Dec. 5, 1931, powerful blasts took the cathedral down, shaking nearby buildings.
Jan 19, 2023 · Explosion of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, 1931. They planned to destroy not only the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. According to the general plan of Moscow in 1935, they were going to demolish almost all the buildings in the district and create around a huge square that would connect the Palace of Soviets with the Kremlin.
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The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ( Russian: Хра́м Христа́ Спаси́теля) is the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church in the world. 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 ...
