- Tsar Paul I thought of building the Kazan Cathedral on the spot where the old Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin had stood.
- The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God of the Bogoroditsky Monastery was built in 1808 on the site of the acquisition in 1579 of the revered shrine...
- Sitting majestically on Nevsky Prospect, Saint Petersburg's Kazan Cathedral is an impressive building reminiscent of St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
- Built in a relatively short time, Kazan Cathedral quickly became one of the symbols of the architecture of the Northern capital of Russia.
- The cathedral was named after the "miracle-making" icon of Our Lady of Kazan, which the church housed till the early 1930s.
- The Cathedral of the Icon of the Virgin of Kazan, one of the great masterpieces of Russian Classicism, is among the largest places of worship in Russia.
- Despite this, the colonnaded structure of the Kazan Cathedral is not inferior to the grandeur and beauty of the Peter's Cathedral in Rome.
- Kazan Cathedral is one of the largest cathedrals dedicated to Our Lady Of Kazan, in Moscow, Russia.
- The cathedral was named after the icon of Our Lady of Kazan, whose intriguing tale is the first item in church brochures.