Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia
View of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, from across the River Moskva and the Great Stone Bridge (Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge). The cathedral was built in the 19th century to celebrate the Russian victory over Napoleon. It was destroyed in 1931 to make way for a Soviet palace which was never completed. It was rebuilt in the 1990s, and was consecrated in August 2000
Picture No
10424225
Media ID
46651677
Size
6083px x 3871px
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Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed Russian postcard
Date
early 20th century
