Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 1
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 1
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan was constructed between 1801 and 1811. It was built to an enormous scale with an impressive stone colonnade, encircling a garden and fountain. It was inspired by the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome and was meant to be the country’s main Orthodox Church. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 2
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan was constructed between 1801 and 1811. It was built to an enormous scale with an impressive stone colonnade, encircling a garden and fountain. It was inspired by the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome and was meant to be the country’s main Orthodox Church. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 2
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 3
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 3
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 4
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Оne of the largest churches of St. Petersburg, made in the Empire style. Built on Nevsky Prospect in 1801-1811 by architect A. Voronikhin to honor the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Kazan. After the war of 1812 has gained importance of the monument to Russian military glory. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 5
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Оne of the largest churches of St. Petersburg, made in the Empire style. Built on Nevsky Prospect in 1801-1811 by architect A. Voronikhin to honor the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Kazan. After the war of 1812 has gained importance of the monument to Russian military glory. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 5
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 6
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 7
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Icon of Our Lady of Kazan. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 8
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Icon of Our Lady of Kazan. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 8
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 9
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 10
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 11
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 12
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The relief 'The Apparition to Moses in the Burning Bush', P. Scolari on the model of I. Commander. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 13
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The relief 'The Apparition to Moses in the Burning Bush', P. Scolari on the model of I. Commander. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 13
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The relief 'Presentation of the Tablet to Moses on the Sinai Mountain', P. Scolari according to the model of Lactmann. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 14
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The relief 'Presentation of the Tablet to Moses on the Sinai Mountain', P. Scolari according to the model of Lactmann. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 14
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 15
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Dome of the Kazan Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 16
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Dome of the Kazan Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 16
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The dome of the cathedral. The crowning dome of the cross rises above the ground level at 71.6 m. Kazan Cathedral is one of the highest domed buildings. The dome is supported by four powerful poles - pylons. The diameter of the dome exceeds 17 m. At its construction Voronikhin for the first time in the history of world construction practice developed and applied a metal structure. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 17
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The dome of the cathedral. The crowning dome of the cross rises above the ground level at 71.6 m. Kazan Cathedral is one of the highest domed buildings. The dome is supported by four powerful poles - pylons. The diameter of the dome exceeds 17 m. At its construction Voronikhin for the first time in the history of world construction practice developed and applied a metal structure. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 17
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Cross on dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 18
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Cross on dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 18
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A replica to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 19
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A replica to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 19
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Colonnade. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 20
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Colonnade. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 20
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Colonnade. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 21
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Colonnade. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 21
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Monument to Kutuzov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 22
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Monument to Kutuzov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 22
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Monument to Kutuzov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 23
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Monument to Kutuzov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 23
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A monument to hero of 1812 war, field marshal Barclay de Tolly. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 24
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A monument to hero of 1812 war, field marshal Barclay de Tolly. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 24
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Monument to Barclay de Tolly. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 25
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Monument to Barclay de Tolly. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 25
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 26
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 27
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Triangular symbol All-seeing eye on a pediment of Kazansky Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 28
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Triangular symbol All-seeing eye on a pediment of Kazansky Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 28
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Columns of the Kazan Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 29
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Columns of the Kazan Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 29
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Columnata. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 30
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Columnata. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 30
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 31
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 31
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Columnata. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 32
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Columnata. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 32
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Capiteles. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 33
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Capiteles. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 33
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Biblical scene under the roof of Kazansky Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 34
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Biblical scene under the roof of Kazansky Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 34
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Dormition of the Mother of God. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 35
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Dormition of the Mother of God. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 35
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The bronze sculpture of St. Andrew the First-Called, the sculptor V.I. Demut-Malinovsky, 1807, poured out Ekimov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 36
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The bronze sculpture of St. Andrew the First-Called, the sculptor V.I. Demut-Malinovsky, 1807, poured out Ekimov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 36
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Sculpture of John the Baptist, sculptor I.P. Martos, 1807, cast Ekimov. All four statues took 1,400 poods of bronze. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 37
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Sculpture of John the Baptist, sculptor I.P. Martos, 1807, cast Ekimov. All four statues took 1,400 poods of bronze. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 37
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A bronze statue of St. Vladimir, the Baptizer of Russia, he holds a sword in his left hand, and a cross in the right hand, trampling on the pagan altar. The sculptor Pimenov SS, 1807, cast Ekimov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 38
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A bronze statue of St. Vladimir, the Baptizer of Russia, he holds a sword in his left hand, and a cross in the right hand, trampling on the pagan altar. The sculptor Pimenov SS, 1807, cast Ekimov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 38
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A bronze statue of Alexander Nevsky, sculptor S. Pimenov, 1807, cast Ekimov. At Alexander's feet a sword with a lion, the emblem of Sweden, is supported by a Russian shield. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 39
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A bronze statue of Alexander Nevsky, sculptor S. Pimenov, 1807, cast Ekimov. At Alexander's feet a sword with a lion, the emblem of Sweden, is supported by a Russian shield. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 39
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 40
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 40
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The carved portal of the northern doors of the temple is made of Ruskeal marble. The northern gates of the cathedral are cast from bronze on the model of the famous 'Paradise Gate' of the 15th century in the Florentine Baptistery (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Ghiberti), V. Ekimov. This is a copy, but with confused plots. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 41
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The carved portal of the northern doors of the temple is made of Ruskeal marble. The northern gates of the cathedral are cast from bronze on the model of the famous 'Paradise Gate' of the 15th century in the Florentine Baptistery (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Ghiberti), V. Ekimov. This is a copy, but with confused plots. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 41
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Bronze compositions on Old Testament subjects on the original in Florence cast right to left in pairs: 1 'The Creation of Adam and Eve, Their Fall into Exile from Paradise.' 2 'The sacrifice of Abel and his slaughter by Cain.' 3 'The slaughter of Moses by an Egyptian and the exodus of Jews from Egypt.' 4 'The offering made by Abraham as a sacrifice to the God of the son of Jacob.' 5 'The Blessing of Isaac Jacob.' 6 'The sons of Jacob in Egypt, who buy bread from Joseph.' 7 'Jews in the desert and Moses, who enacts legislation on the Sinai mountain.' 8 'The ark is encircled around the walls of Jericho, the destruction of Jericho.' 9 'Defeat the proud Nicanor, who threatened to destroy Jerusalem.' 10 'Meeting Solomon with the Queen of Sheba.' Here in the following order: 1,2,3,4,10,7,6,5,8,9. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 42
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Bronze compositions on Old Testament subjects on the original in Florence cast right to left in pairs: 1 'The Creation of Adam and Eve, Their Fall into Exile from Paradise.' 2 'The sacrifice of Abel and his slaughter by Cain.' 3 'The slaughter of Moses by an Egyptian and the exodus of Jews from Egypt.' 4 'The offering made by Abraham as a sacrifice to the God of the son of Jacob.' 5 'The Blessing of Isaac Jacob.' 6 'The sons of Jacob in Egypt, who buy bread from Joseph.' 7 'Jews in the desert and Moses, who enacts legislation on the Sinai mountain.' 8 'The ark is encircled around the walls of Jericho, the destruction of Jericho.' 9 'Defeat the proud Nicanor, who threatened to destroy Jerusalem.' 10 'Meeting Solomon with the Queen of Sheba.' Here in the following order: 1,2,3,4,10,7,6,5,8,9. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 42
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 43
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 43
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 44
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 44
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 45
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 45
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Ceiling. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 46
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Ceiling. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 46
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The mosaic floor of the cathedral is lined with gray and pink Karelian marble. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 47
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The mosaic floor of the cathedral is lined with gray and pink Karelian marble. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 47
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 48
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 48
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 49
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 49
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Calvary Scene, FF Shchedrin. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 50
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Calvary Scene, FF Shchedrin. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 50
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
In the southern limit of the cathedral in 2010, there is a copy of the Shroud of Turin, bought and donated to the Russian Church by a private person. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 51
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
In the southern limit of the cathedral in 2010, there is a copy of the Shroud of Turin, bought and donated to the Russian Church by a private person. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 51
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The copy was made at the International Shroud Research Center in Turin. It is made on a special fabric, similar to the canvas of the original, is lit in Jerusalem and is equated to the icon by holiness. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 52
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The copy was made at the International Shroud Research Center in Turin. It is made on a special fabric, similar to the canvas of the original, is lit in Jerusalem and is equated to the icon by holiness. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 52
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 53
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 53
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 54
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 54
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 55
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 55
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 56
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the dome. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 56
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 57
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Interior. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 57
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasis. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 58
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasis. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 58
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasis. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 59
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasis. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 59
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasis. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 60
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasis. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 60
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The Royal Gates. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 61
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The Royal Gates. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 61
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The floors and steps of the altar and pulpit, the foundation of the royal place and the chair are lined with crimson shokshinsky quartzite (porphyry). The Russian government presented the slabs of this stone to France for the facing of Napoleon's sarcophagus in Paris. All these rocks, together with black schungite schists, were also used in the form of inserts in the floors of the cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 62
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
The floors and steps of the altar and pulpit, the foundation of the royal place and the chair are lined with crimson shokshinsky quartzite (porphyry). The Russian government presented the slabs of this stone to France for the facing of Napoleon's sarcophagus in Paris. All these rocks, together with black schungite schists, were also used in the form of inserts in the floors of the cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 62
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasio. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 63
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasio. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 63
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasio. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 64
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Iconostasio. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 64
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Fresco S.A. Bessonova 'The Last Supper' in the central nave, on the arches of the apse. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 65
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Fresco S.A. Bessonova 'The Last Supper' in the central nave, on the arches of the apse. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 65
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Icono de la Virgen de Kazán. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 66
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Icono de la Virgen de Kazán. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 66
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Icon of Our Lady of Kazan. This icon, found in Kazan in 1579, is one of the most revered icons in the entire Orthodox world. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 67
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Icon of Our Lady of Kazan. This icon, found in Kazan in 1579, is one of the most revered icons in the entire Orthodox world. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 67
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Mosaic. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 68
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Mosaic. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 68
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Tomb of Kutuzov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 69
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Tomb of Kutuzov. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 69
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Tomb of M.I. Kutuzov. The grating protecting the burial is made according to the design of A.N. Voronikhin. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 70
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Tomb of M.I. Kutuzov. The grating protecting the burial is made according to the design of A.N. Voronikhin. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 70
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
After the successful liberation of the Russian troops under the command of M.B. Barclay de Tolly of Western Europe from Napoleon to the cathedral began to receive the keys to the French fortresses, taken by Russian troops. 97 keys were placed on the walls of the cathedral, most are now in Moscow, but 6 keys are located above the grave of M.I. Kutuzov: from Bremen, Lübeck, Aven, Mons, Nancy and Gertrudenberg. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 71
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
After the successful liberation of the Russian troops under the command of M.B. Barclay de Tolly of Western Europe from Napoleon to the cathedral began to receive the keys to the French fortresses, taken by Russian troops. 97 keys were placed on the walls of the cathedral, most are now in Moscow, but 6 keys are located above the grave of M.I. Kutuzov: from Bremen, Lübeck, Aven, Mons, Nancy and Gertrudenberg. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 71
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A commemorative plaque with the inscription 'Deified by PAVLA I-st begun 1801'. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 72
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A commemorative plaque with the inscription 'Deified by PAVLA I-st begun 1801'. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 72
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A commemorative plaque with the inscription 'Review of placement ALEKSANDRA I-st over 1811'. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 73
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
A commemorative plaque with the inscription 'Review of placement ALEKSANDRA I-st over 1811'. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 73
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
View to the entrance. Inside the temple there are 56 columns of Corinthian order from pink Finnish granite with gilded capitals. The inner part of the cathedral is divided by granite monolithic columns into three corridors - the nave. The central nave is four times wider than the lateral ones and is blocked by a semicylindrical vault. The side naves are covered with rectangular caissons. The ceiling is decorated with imitation roses in the form of a stylized flower. They are made of French alabaster, the only material, according to AP Aplaxin, 'which hardly had anything foreign, except for the name, other materials of non-Russian origin for the whole building ... was not used.' Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 74
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
View to the entrance. Inside the temple there are 56 columns of Corinthian order from pink Finnish granite with gilded capitals. The inner part of the cathedral is divided by granite monolithic columns into three corridors - the nave. The central nave is four times wider than the lateral ones and is blocked by a semicylindrical vault. The side naves are covered with rectangular caissons. The ceiling is decorated with imitation roses in the form of a stylized flower. They are made of French alabaster, the only material, according to AP Aplaxin, 'which hardly had anything foreign, except for the name, other materials of non-Russian origin for the whole building ... was not used.' Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 74
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 75
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 76
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Aerial view. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 77
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Aerial view. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 77
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Aerial view. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 78
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Aerial view. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 80
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Aerial view. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 87
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, as seen from the dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 88
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, as seen from the dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 88
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, as seen from the dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 89
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, as seen from the dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 89
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Plano. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 90
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Plano. Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg 90
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg