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Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral

Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt (, Morskoj Nikol'skij sobor) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1903–1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy and dedicated to all fallen seamen. The cathedral was closed in 1929, was converted to a cinema, a House of Officers (1939) and a museum of the Navy (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

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