Kazan Cathedral, Moscow

Kazan Cathedral
Казанский собор
Kazan Cathedral after its reconstruction in 1993
55°45′19.73″N 37°37′09.16″E / 55.7554806°N 37.6192111°E / 55.7554806; 37.6192111
LocationMoscow
CountryRussia
DenominationRussian Orthodox
WebsiteOfficial home page
History
Consecrated
  • 1625, destroyed 1936;
  • reconsecrated 1993
Architecture
StyleRussian

Kazan Cathedral (Russian: Казанский собор, romanized: Kazanskiy sobor), formally known as the "Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan", is a Russian Orthodox church located on the northwest corner of Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The current building is a reconstruction of the original church, which was destroyed on the orders of Joseph Stalin in 1936.

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