Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

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Photo: Georg Mittenecker, perspektivisch entzerrt von User:Ikiwaner · CC BY-SA 2.5

Year

1895

Architect

Type

building

Built at the peak of Russian imperial Russification policy, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was placed on Toompea Hill, the political heart of the Estonian capital, as a deliberate assertion of Orthodox and Russian imperial power over the hi …

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