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Kazanskaya Square, 2
Architect V.Voronikhin
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan is an
outstanding example of the early 19th-century
Russian architecture. It was erected on the site
of a small stone church to hold the ancient icon
of Our Lady of Kazan, and was named after it.In
1800 Emperor Paul I issued an order for a
cathedral to be built after the model of
St.Peter's Cathedral in Rome. The design was
entrusted to A.Voronikhin, who had formerly
been Count Stroganov's serf, later to become
the professor of architecture in the Academy of
Arts.The well-proportioned, light cupola on a
high drum, reaching the height of 62 m, crowns
the central part of the building and
counterbalances the colonnade, spreading
horizontally. This was the first cupola in the
world to be built of ferro-concrete structures.