Kazan Cathedral (Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God) is one of the largest churches in St. Petersburg. It was built on Nevsky Prospekt in 1801-1811 by architect Andrey Voronikhin in the style of Russian classicism to store the revered list of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kazan.
After the Patriotic War of 1812, it acquired the significance of a monument of Russian military glory.