Ascension Cathedral

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The Ascension Cathedral ( Vosnesenskiy sobor, Voznesensk kafedraly shirkeýi), also known as Zenkov Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Panfilov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Completed in 1907, the cathedral is made out of wood but without nails. Its height is 56 meters tall, and is claimed to be the second tallest wooden church in the world.Ness, Immanuel. Encyclopedia of World Cities. M E Sharpe Reference, 1999. . p. 19.Ascension Cathedral Read more on Wikipedia

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