The
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Храм Христа Спасителя,
Khram Khrista Spasitelya) in the
Russian city of
Kaliningrad (formerly
Königsberg) is the largest church of
Kaliningrad Oblast. It is the dominant building of the inner city and is situated near the central square, called
Ploshchad Pobedy (
Victory Square).
The Russian Orthodox cathedral is designed in a simplified and modernized variety of the Russo-Byzantine style which was popular in Imperial Russia. The cathedral is 70 meters high. Its construction was completed on 10 September 2006. A small wooden chapel stands nearby.
The church's architect is Oleg Kopylov.
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