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St. Basil's Cathedral
Pokrovsky Cathedral which is better known as the Cathedral of St. Vasili is Orthodox church, an architectural monument which is one of the most famous symbols of Moscow and the whole Russia.
The temple was founded in 1552, upon the decree of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, in honor of the capture of the Kazan Khanate. The Temple was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity. In 1554 on its place Ivan the Terrible ordered to build the Cathedral of the Protection of the Virgin with the chapels which would commemorate the victory over the Tartars. People called the new temple the Protection of the Ditch, since the cathedral was built near a deep ditch which was along the eastern wall of the Kremlin.
St. Basil's Cathedral
Pokrovsky Cathedral which is better known as the Cathedral of St. Vasili is Orthodox church, an architectural monument which is one of the most famous symbols of Moscow and the whole Russia.
The temple was founded in 1552, upon the decree of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, in honor of the capture of the Kazan Khanate. The Temple was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity. In 1554 on its place Ivan the Terrible ordered to build the Cathedral of the Protection of the Virgin with the chapels which would commemorate the victory over the Tartars. People called the new temple the Protection of the Ditch, since the cathedral was built near a deep ditch which was along the eastern wall of the Kremlin.