• The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is a Russian Orthodox church With an overall height of 103 metres it is the second tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world!
  • On 5 December 1931, by order of Stalin's minister Lazar Kaganovich, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was dynamited and reduced to rubble.
  • It took several decades to complete the construction and the interior design of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
  • It was saved by a miracle: Alexander Vvedensky, the last archpriest of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, managed to take the icon out and hide it at his home.
  • With the end of the Soviet rule, the Russian Orthodox Church received permission to rebuild the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in February 1990.
  • Christ the Saviour is the tallest Orthodox cathedral in the world, standing at 103 metres (338 feet) above the pavement.
  • Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, an emblem of Russian society that with its history you will understand the history of the country.
  • Majestic inside and out, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is one of the most imposing and controversial buildings in Russia.
  • The Cathedral of Christ the Savior was built as a national monument to express the nation’s gratitude to Christ Jesus for saving Russia.
  • And marble benches were installed at the Novokuznetskaya metro station. Bench from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior at Novokuznetskaya metro station.