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Smolny Monastery in St. Petersburg

The Resurrection Smolny Cathedral is an active Orthodox church and an outstanding architectural monument of the XVIII century/

It was founded in 1748 by the will of empress Elizabeth Petrovna and was consecrated on July 20, 1835.

The project of the cathedral was created by the outstanding architect Franchesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the interior of the church was made by another famous architect Vasily Stasov.

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