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Date
8-1976
Description
Following the assassination of Alexander the II in 1881, his heir, Alexander III, commissioned the building of this cathedral to memorialize his father. The design, carried out by Alfred Parland, draws heavily from St. Basil in Moscow. Following the revolution, the church was looted and eventually was abandoned and fell into a state of disrepair, at one point being used a warehouse for a local theater. This 1976 photograph shows the church in a state of disrepair. In the 1990s the building was completely renovated.
Rights
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1842-1919
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Building Type
Church
Subject Headings
Architecture, Modern -- 19th century -- Eclecticism in architecture; Architecture -- religious architecture -- Russia; Architecture -- historic buildings;
Country Name
Russia
Region Name
Northwestern
City Name
Saint Petersburg
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chester and Parland, Alfred, "Saint Petersburg: Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood" (1976). Browse All. 874.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/874
Keywords
street view, abandoned, historic buildings, historic buildings, religious architecture
Notes
Following the assassination of Alexander the II in 1881, his heir, Alexander III, commissioned the building of this cathedral to memorialize his father. The design, carried out by Alfred Parland, draws heavily from St. Basil in Moscow. Following the revolution, the church was looted and eventually was abandoned and fell into a state of disrepair, at one point being used a warehouse for a local theater.
This 1976 photograph shows the church in a state of disrepair. In the 1990s the building was completely renovated.