Baku, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Baku, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was a brick Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Baku, Azerbaijan, built in the Russian Revival style and standing 55 metres tall. Completed in 1898, it served as the main Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city and was the largest Russian Orthodox structure ever built in the South Caucasus. Locally known as the Qızıllı kilsə, or "Golden Church," it was destroyed in 1937 under Stalin's Soviet regime.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- Eastern Orthodox church building, destroyed building or structure, Eastern Orthodox cathedral
- Materials
- brick
- Height
- 55 m
- Place
- Baku, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
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