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St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson

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and Russia's annexation of New Russia. It was intended as a memorial to the war of conquest and is full of symbolism illustrating Russia's claims to the
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may have had a hand in their creation. The walls contain the copies of six life size figures of the apostles and saints executed by
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On 3 August 2023, the cathedral was damaged by Russian shelling. Eight people were wounded in the attack.
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On 26 October 2022, Vladimir Saldo, collaborator and Russian-appointed acting "governor" of
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On December 6, 1788, by order of Potemkin bodies of soldiers killed during the
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was added in 1800 but was dismantled within several years, after an
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The earliest description of the church is found in the diary of
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remains were taken from his tomb and transported to Russia.
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paintings by the 17th century Spanish artists such as
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Kherson Oblast under the Russian occupation of 2022
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Kherson
Ukraine
Denomination
Eastern Orthodox Church
Architect(s)
Ivan Starov
Style
Russian Neoclassicism
Diocese
Kherson diocese
pl
Ukrainian
Russian
Orthodox faith
Kherson
Ukraine
New Russia
sandstone
Tuscan
portico
rusticated
Catherine of Alexandria
reigning empress
Ivan Gannibal
Russo-Turkish War
Byzantine
Ivan Starov
Prince Grigory Potemkin
Ivan Sitnikov

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