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Transfiguration of the Saviour Church

Transfiguration of the Saviour Church (March 2012)

The Transfiguration of the Saviour Church was built between 1735 and 1750 originally as the cathedral of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. However the location of the monastery proved to be unsuitable and so in 1794 the monastery was moved to a new location and its cathedral was demoted to a parish church. The Transfiguration of the Saviour Church was closed down by the Soviets in the 1930s whereas the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery was completely destroyed. The church's original domes were removed and it was used as a repository for the city's library. It was later returned to the Orthodox Church in 1993 and restoration work was carried out.

Location 6A Ulitsa Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya