View from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in 1867 (14 photos)

Christ the Savior Cathedral - Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church near the Kremlin on the left bank of the Moskva River, in the place, named earlier Chertolye. The original temple was built in gratitude to God for the salvation of Russia from Napoleon's invasion, "the preservation of the eternal memory of the unprecedented zeal, fidelity and love for Faith and Fatherland, what in these difficult times extolled the Russian people themselves, and to celebrate our gratitude to Divine Providence, who saved Russia from threatening her death. " On the walls of the temple were inscribed the names of Russian army officers who died in the war of 1812 and the other at the time of close military campaigns.

Construction lasted nearly 44 of the year: the church was founded September 23, 1839, consecrated - May 26, 1883.