Stalin - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Part II

Left, 1931 - the cathedral is blown up because the communists wanted the land for the proposed Palace of the Soviets (right)

The site lay empty and flooded until Nikita Krushchev built a massive swimming pool. The Russian Orthodox Church started building the new cathedral in 1994, completing it in 2000.

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour - Russia

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, from a postcard, circa 1910. It was destroyed by Stalin’s regime in 1931, and has since been rebuilt.

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