If You're NearbyVeliky Novgorod
About 306 miles away
One of Russia's oldest cities, with its kremlin.
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Russia's largest cathedral, blown up on Stalin's orders in 1931 and rebuilt in the 1990s.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Volkhonka Street 15, MoscowDirections
- Getting There
- Kropotkinskaya metro station.
Why Go
The first cathedral, finished in 1883, gave thanks for the victory over Napoleon. Stalin had it demolished for a Palace of the Soviets that was never built, and the site became an open-air swimming pool. The copy you see was finished in 2000, and the footbridge behind it gives a fine view of the Kremlin.
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