Kazan Cathedral (Moscow)

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Russian Orthodox church cathedral church building

Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) is a Russian Orthodox church on Moscow’s Red Square, notable for its colorful traditional architecture and reconstruction after being demolished in the Soviet era.

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Label Occurrences
Kazan Cathedral, Moscow 2
Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) canonical 1
Kazan Cathedral (Red Square) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian Orthodox church ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Russian Revival ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revival architecture

traditional Russian church architecture ⓘ
belongsToEparchy Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
builtToCommemorate liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders ⓘ
victory over Polish–Lithuanian forces in 1612 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Our Lady of Kazan ⓘ
demolishedBy Soviet authorities ⓘ
demolishedIn 1936 ⓘ
denomination Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
faces Northeast corner of Red Square ⓘ
foundedBy Prince Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
hasDomeColor colorful domes ⓘ
hasDomeShape onion domes ⓘ
hasExteriorFinish stucco ⓘ
hasFeature brightly painted facades ⓘ
multi-domed roof ⓘ
tented roof bell tower ⓘ
hasFloorPlanType cross-in-square plan ⓘ
hasIcon Our Lady of Kazan ⓘ
surface form: icon of Our Lady of Kazan
hasMaterial brick ⓘ
hasParishStatus active parish church ⓘ
hasPrimaryColor red ⓘ
white ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of Russia ⓘ
isTouristAttraction yes ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Russian Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
locatedIn Moscow ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Tverskoy District, Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Tverskoy District
locatedOn Red Square ⓘ
namedAfter Our Lady of Kazan ⓘ
surface form: Theotokos of Kazan icon
nearbyLandmark GUM department store ⓘ
State Historical Museum ⓘ
originalCompletionDate 1630s ⓘ
reasonForDemolition redesign of Red Square during Stalin era ⓘ
reconstructed yes ⓘ
reconstructionBasedOn archival measurements ⓘ
historical photographs ⓘ
reconstructionCompletedIn 1993 ⓘ
reconstructionEnd 1993 ⓘ
reconstructionInitiatedBy Government of Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Moscow city authorities
reconstructionStart 1990 ⓘ
reconstructionSupportedBy Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
yearCompleted 1636 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Square → adjacentTo → Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) ⓘ
Gostiny Dvor metro station → nearbyLandmark → Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kazansky Cathedral
Our Lady of Kazan → hasCopyIn → Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kazan Cathedral, Moscow
State Historical Museum, Moscow → nearby → Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kazan Cathedral, Moscow
Moscow city center → contains → Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kazan Cathedral (Red Square)