KAZAN CATHEDRAL (Russian: Казанский собор, pronounced “Kazansky sobor”) is dedicated to one of the most revered Russian icons - Our Lady of Kazan. It was designed by Andrey Voronikhin in Russian Neoclassical style and is comfortably located on Nevsky Prospekt. The new cathedral replaced 2 previously built churches: the Lutheran Church (1833-38) and St. Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church (1763–83). The cathedral was constructed in the form of a Latin cross with a massive semicircular colonnade of 96 columns, overlooking Nevsky Prospekt and encircling a beautiful garden with a fountain. Kazan Cathedral represents the Russian victory over Napoleon’s troops, and the Russian commander-in-chief, Field Marshal Prince Michael Kutuzov, was honorably buried inside the cathedral in 1813.

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