Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Tbilisi)

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral , or Tiflisier military Cathedral ( Georgian ტფილისის ალექსანდრე ნეველის სამხედრო ტაძარი , t'pʰɪlɪsɪs ɑlɛkʰsɑndrɛ nɛvɛlɪs sɑmχɛdrɔ t'ɑd͡zɑrɪ ; Russian Тифлисский Александро-Невский военный собор ) was an Orthodox Cathedral in Tbilisi . It stood in the center of the city, on Golowini Street (today: Rustawelis Gamsiri ), on the site of today's Georgian parliament building. The cathedral was built at the time of the Russian tsarist rule in the years 1871–1872 and 1889–1897. In 1930 it was demolished by the Soviet government in order to build a parliament building here. The new construction of the cathedral was built in the neo-Byzantine style . The architect was the Russian David Grimm .

history

The cathedral was built to commemorate the Russian victory in the Caucasus War against the North Caucasian peoples and was named after the medieval Russian saint Alexander Nevsky . The construction was sponsored by the high priest of the Caucasian army Sergey Gumilevsky, the military governor Sheremetev and Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich .

In 1865 an architectural competition for the cathedral was held. The government wanted a "grandiose and splendid" cathedral that would fit at least 2,000 worshipers. At the end of the competition, a simple construction by David Grimm was chosen.

Construction of the cathedral began six years later, on April 16, 1871, in the upper part of Alexander's garden on Gunibsky Square (later known as Soborny Square, now part of Rustawelis Gamsiri ). But less than a year later, he was suspended indefinitely. Construction was only resumed in 1889. In 1891 only the foundation work was finished and the construction of the walls began. 32 years later after the competition, on May 21, 1897, the Tbilisi Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral was consecrated by the exarch of Georgia, Vladimir. Grimm died the next year.

With the 40 meter and 13 meter dome, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was the tallest church in the Caucasus region . In February 1921 , the churchyard became a burial ground for the cadets (Junkers) of the Georgian military school, who fell in the fight against the Soviet Red Army. In 1930, the cathedral was demolished by the Soviet government to build the building of the government of the Georgian SSR (now the Parliament of Georgia).

literature

  • Tengis K Wirkwelia: ძველთბილისური დასახელებანი ( The placenames of Old Tbilisi ) Sabtschota Sakartwelo, Tiflis 1985, p. 28 (Georgian).
  • Тифлисский Александро-Невский военный собор. In: GA Tsitovich: Храмы армии и флота. ( The Army and Fleet Churches. ) Pyatigorsk 1913, pp. 399-400 (Russian).
  • Yu. R. Savelyev: Vizantiysky stil v architecture Rossii. (Ю. Р. Савельев: Византийский стиль в архитектуре России. СПБ., 2005) Saint Petersburg, 2005, ISBN 5-87417-207-6 , pp. 42–45. (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Alexander Nevsky Cathedral  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ტფილისის სამხედრო ტაძრის კურთხევა: "ივერია", ტფილისი, 22 მაისი, 1897.
  2. ↑ Новый соборь войскъ кавказскаго военнаго округа въ г. Тифлисе: "КавказЪ", May 21, 1897.
  3. ^ The newspaper "Komunisti", February 7, 1930, (კომუნისტი: 7 თებერვალი, 1930)

Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 48 ″  N , 44 ° 47 ′ 53 ″  E