Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

Built towards the end of the 19th century, the original was knocked down by Stalin for a Palace of the Soviets and a 100m statue of Lenin, which never materialised, instead the world's largest swimming pool was built. This new cathedral was built according to the old design.

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19. Tsars in our eyes...

September 27th 2007
(N) . New feature! See Paula's Moscow video diary! Thurs 20th & Fri 21st Sept We arrived exactly to timetable at 08h00 in Moscow on the overni ... read more

Europe » Russia

Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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