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Kazan Cathedral

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Kazan Cathedral
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Kazan Cathedral (Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God) is one of the largest churches in St. Petersburg.

The cathedral was built on Nevsky Prospekt in 1801-1811 to store the revered list of the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God. After the Patriotic War of 1812, it acquired the significance of a monument to Russian military glory. In 1813, the commander Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov was buried here. Keys to the captured cities and other war trophies were placed there.

In 1932 it was turned into the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism. Since 1991 it has been a functioning temple, which coexisted with the museum's exposition for several years. Since 2000 - the Cathedral of the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The cathedral gave the name to Kazanskaya Square, Kazanskaya Street, Kazansky Island in the Neva delta and Kazansky Bridge at the intersection of Nevsky Prospekt and Griboyedov Canal.

Opening times

open today

Monday	06:30–20:00
Tuesday	06:30–20:00
Wednesday	06:30–20:00
Thursday	06:30–20:00
Friday	06:30–20:00
Saturday	06:30–20:00
Sunday	06:30–20:00

Price:

Free entrance

Author

Anastasia Larionova

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Directions

Metro stations "Nevsky Prospekt" and "Gostiny Dvor". Exit from the metro to the Griboyedov canal. The cathedral is opposite the metro exit.

Coordinates

59.934396, 30.324737

DMS

59°56'03.8"N 30°19'29.1"E

UTM

36V 350511 6647126

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