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After the October Revolution, the church was looted. In 1930, it was closed and used in the 1930s by NKVD as the place of mass executions. [citation needed] In 1975, the building was transferred to the Museum of History of Moscow and in 1991, it was returned the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Epiphany Cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1996-1997. Since then the church holds daily services. The bell tower is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture of Tatarstan. It houses the Old Russian Art Exhibition Hall of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 2001, the Chaliapin Chamber ...
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of Derbent; Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, Kamensk-Uralsky; Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, Volkovskoye; Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Bataysk) Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) Church of the Life-Giving Trinity ...
And to the community of Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church belonged the old wooden church. In 1923, the wooden church was closed, and its congregation moved into the stone Pokrovsky temple. In 1930 this temple was closed, too, and its building was used to house a radio workshop. In 1946 it was re-opened, but was given to Russian Orthodox Old-Rite ...
Therefore, it was decided to build a new stone church. Construction of the building was started in 1823 in honor of victory over Napoleon in 1812, and was finished in 1826. It was built on the project of architect Ivan Starov in Classicist style. [2] The church in 1920s. In 1930s, the church was destroyed and closed.
The church is renowned for its glittering Baroque interior and iconostasis, as well as a set of gilded 18th-century railings. The parish was disbanded in 1934 and the original free-standing gate was demolished. [1] The Lenin State Library stored its books in the building throughout the Soviet period.
Russian Orthodox churches in Saint Petersburg (2 C, 17 P) V. Russian Orthodox churches in Veliky Novgorod (10 P) Y. Russian Orthodox churches in Yaroslavl (6 P)
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Kazan Cathedral was the first church to be completely rebuilt after having been destroyed by the Communists.The cathedral's restoration (1990–1993) was sponsored by the Moscow city branch of the All-Russian Society for Historic Preservation and Cultural Organization, and was based on the detailed measurements and photographs of the original church.