Kazan Cathedral (Moscow, Russia): General view, showing the west (left) and south (right) elevations
- Creator:
- unknown (Russian)
- Published/Created:
- Red Square, Moscow, Rossiya, Russia
1625, 1936 (destruction); 1990-1993 (restoration) - Materials:
- brick
gilding
stone
stucco - Notes:
- Kazan Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church located on the northeast corner of Red Square in Moscow. The current building is a reconstruction of the original church which was destroyed at the direction of then Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin in 1936. The original church was erected as a shrine in the early 1630s to mark the city's liberation from the Polish aggressors. 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 based on the detailed measurements and photographs of the original church Peter Baranovsky made before its destruction in 1936.
- Variant Titles:
- Kazanskiy sobor
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Russia -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Byzantine
- Culture:
- Russian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-R-M-KC-A3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; Restoration and conservation construction buildings; religious buildings; churches; cathedrals; copies (derivative objects); reproductions; replicas
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Four
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10107396
- PID:
- digcoll:1850140