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The Cathedral of the Resurrection (The Saviour-on-the-Blood)

Designed by Alfred Parland, the cathedral was built between 1883 and 1903, on the site where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated by terrorist I. Grinevitskij on 1 March 1881. Notice the carpet-like mosaic decoration of the walls and vault designed by Victor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov, Andrei Riabushkin and others.

 

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Uploaded on November 17, 2008