Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Warsaw)
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral ( Polish : Sobór św. Aleksandra Newskiego ) in Warsaw was built between 1894 and 1912 as part of a construction program for Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedrals in areas of the Tsarist Empire ( Finland , Estonia , Azerbaijan, etc.) that were largely not populated by Russian people . The cathedral was built on Plac Saski (today Plac Piłsudskiego ) in Warsaw to celebrate Poland's membership of the Russian Empire . The architect of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral was Leonti Benois . The bell tower, with its 70 m, was the tallest building in what was then Warsaw, which, like the later Stalinist Palace of Culture (Warsaw), was widely regarded as a symbol of Russian ruling architecture . The building of the church was financed by fundraising all over Russia, including the note that it was documented that powerful Orthodox rule had also been established in the western regions of the empire. Part of the funding was also raised through a special tax in Warsaw. The cathedral was inaugurated on May 20, 1912, but was demolished after the restoration of independent Poland between 1924 and 1926 as a symbol of the attempt to Russify the country. In the heated debate that had just ended, there were numerous supporters, including Catholic, who wanted to preserve the building because of its artistic qualities.
literature
- Richard S. Wortman: Scenarios of Power. Myth and Ceremony in Russian History. Volume 2: From Alexander II to the abdication of Nicholas II. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 2000, ISBN 0-691-02947-4 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 30.4 ″ N , 21 ° 0 ′ 42.9 ″ E