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Assumption Cathedral or Dormition Cathedral (Russian: Uspenski Cathedral) may refer to a number of Cathedral churches consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Orthodox tradition and Assumption of Mary in the Roman Catholic tradition:
- ;Mother churches of Russia and Ukraine
- The Assumption Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine (1073-78, rebuilt 1640s, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1998) - the model for all subsequent churches of that name.
- The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-89) - the mother church of Russia from the 12th to the 15th century.
- The Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (1475-79).
- ;Other churches in Russia and Ukraine
- The Assumption Cathedral in Dmitrov (1509-21)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Rostov (date of construction disputed, the early 16th century being the most likely)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan (1693-99)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk (1677-79, 1732-40)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Tula (1762-64)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Volodymyr-Volynskyi (1160, collapsed 1829, rebuilt 1900)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Yaroslavl (date of construction disputed, the 1640s being the most likely)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Zvenigorod (1399)
- The Assumption Cathedral in Pochayiv Lavra (1783)
- ;Other Orthodox churches
- Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew, Birmingham, England
- The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca (1923-1933)
- The Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki (1868)
- Cathedral of the Dormition, Kutaisi, Georgia
- Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Varna, Bulgaria
- ;Roman Catholic churches
- The Assumption Cathedral in Bangkok (Thai: อาสนวิหารอัสสัมชัญ) is the principal Roman catholic church of Thailand, located in the Bang Rak district of the national capital.
- Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.
- Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky
- Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, California
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