Qol Sharif Mosque: Kremlin, Kazan, Russia.
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Church of the Transformation: Kizhi Island, Republic of Karelia, Russia. Built entirely from wood.
Казанский Собор (Kazan Cathedral): St. Petersburg, Russia
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Казанский Собор (Kazan Cathedral, also Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan): Moscow, Russia
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Храм-на-Крови́ во и́мя Всех святы́х, в земле́ Росси́йской просия́вших (The Church on Blood in Honor of All Saints Resplendent), or Храм на Крови (Church of All Saints): Yekaterinburg, Russia
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Wallace, Robert. Great Ages of Man: Rise of Russia. New York: TIME-LIFE Books, 1967.
“Nine ‘onion’ domes surmount a decorated octagonal drum of Our Lady of the Veil, a log church on Kizhi Island.”
Kizhi Island is located in Lake Onega, off of Petrozavodsk, Karelia in Russia.
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(Исаакевский Собор) St. Isaac’s Cathedral: St. Petersburg, Russia
Храм Спаса на Крови (Church of the Savior on Blood): St Petersburg, Russia
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Храм Христа Спасителя (Church of Christ the Savior): Moscow, Russia
An interesting tale: When Joseph Stalin came to power, he had this church (along with many, many others) destroyed. He planned to build an enormous soviet style building, topped with an oversized statue of Lenin (on which the pinky finger was to be 10 feet long, it’s said), but it sank into the ground (this church is located on the banks of the river Moscow). Thwarted, Stalin ordered the building of the world’s largest swimming pool, which he then heated during the winter and closed during the summer. The church that stands today is a replication of the church that once stood before the Stalinist shenanigans.
