Transfiguration Cathedral, Dnipro

The foundation stone was laid on 20 May [O.S. 9 May] 1787 by Catherine II of Russia and Austrian Emperor Joseph II, during Catherine's Crimean journey.[1] The event is described in the memoirs of comte de Ségur.

Prince Grigory Potemkin envisioned the church as one of the spiritual centres of New Russia.[1] Ivan Starov submitted to Potemkin his designs for a Roman-style basilica, but construction was postponed until the end of the Russo-Turkish War.

In the early 19th century, Potemkin's plans were revived and updated by Duc de Richelieu, but construction did not start until 1830. The cathedral was built on a smaller scale than originally planned and was consecrated in 1835. The design is attributed to Andreyan Zakharov, chiefly on the ground of its similarity to Zakharov's cathedral in Kronstadt.[1]

The church was closed to worshippers in 1930 and housed a museum of atheism between 1975 and 1988. The building was damaged by an earthquake in 1888 and by bombs during the Second World War.[2]

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  The belltower
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  The interior
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  The Eye of Providence on the pediment
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  One of the gates to the cathedral compound
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  Candles burning

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