Презентация на английском языке " The most extraordinary and outstanding orthodox cathedrals in Russia"

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The most extraordinary and outstanding orthodox cathedrals in Russia Project work was made by students from 11 A form School 180 St-Petersburg Tishkova Jane Protasova Natalia 2015

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The Saviour on Spilt Blood St Basil's Cathedral

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The Saviour on Spilt Blood This church is located not far from Nevsky Prospect on the Griboyedov Canal Embankment.

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On the 2nd of the March in 1881 after a day of the Alexander's death the City Department asked Alexander lll for permission to build a chapel or a monument on the place where Alexander ll was murdered. Alexander III said that it was better to have a church, not a chapel. However at first the chapel was built. Alexander lll Chapel

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The first foundation stone was laid in 1883.The cathedral was consecrated in 1907 in the presence of the tsar Nicolas ll. The construction of this cathedral cost about 4,6 million roubles.

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The most significant place of the cathedral is the place where the assassination of the tsar was committed. Over the fragment of cobble-stone pavement the canopy was constructed, which was supported by columns of the gray-purple jasper. At the top of the canopy, there was a cross of topaz. Under the canopy there are the relics of the cathedral-the part of Catherine Canal and stones of the cobble-stone pavement, where Alexander II was mortally wounded.

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On the 30th of October in 1930 the cathedral was closed. During the blockade there was mortuary. After the war an opera-house rented the cathedral and there was a warehouse for its decorations. The cathedral was in scaffolds for a long time that's why people said that the scaffolds would stand while the soviet regime was standing. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but the scaffolds were removed shortly before the August events in the 1991. On the 19 of August in 1997 the memorial museum was opened to public.

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St Basil's Cathedral This cathedral is located on Red Square in Moscow Until the XVII century St. Basil's Cathedra was called the Holy Trinity Cathedral , because the first wooden church on this site was built in honor of the Holy Trinity. Today a branch of the State Historical Museum is located in Pokrovsky Cathedral (his second name), and the structure itself is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Unlike many European cathedrals that were built centuries, St. Basil's Cathedral was built in just 5 years. Construction lasted from 1555 to 1560. The initiative belonged to Ivan the Terrible, who decided to build a temple as a commemoration of the capture of Kazan and the victory over the Kazan Khanate

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According to the legend, after the completion of the magnificent building of the cathedral, its architects were deprived of visual sense , in order not to repeat again their achievement. But this is only a legend and there is no historical evidence of it except the fact that the cathedral is really unique.

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The present name - St. Basil's Cathedral came in 1588 after the extension the chapel in honor of Basil, whose relics were on the construction site. Nearby is the chapel of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where the relics of St. John's Cathedral were rested since 1672.

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In 1929 the cathedral was closed and only in 1991 it was opened to public. After the opening of the cathedral, the museum resumed updating its collection of bells, and those 19 bells, which are collected in his exposition, are one of the richest collections in Russia. The bells were brought from all over the world, the oldest of them was casted in 1547, and the latest - in 1996. The cathedral also exhibites an interesting collection of weapons from the time of Ivan the Terrible

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Comparison of St Basil's Cathedral and The Saviour on Spilt Blood Analysis and comparison of specifies of architectural appearance of the St Basil's Cathedral and the Saviour on Spilt B lood shows that in spite of their similarity they are totally different in composition. The main one is in the appearance of the St Basil's Cathedral. It hasn't got a marked storefront. From every side it seems that each part is the main. St Basil's Cathedral consists of nine churches, which are located on one foundation.

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The central tower is the tallest. On the top of this tower a tent is situated. Eight chapels surround the central tower in a certain order and create different volumes around the central tent. At first St Basil's Cathedral wasn't so beautiful and unusual. Only in the XVII century it got multiple colours and onion domes. Present colour was established only in the middle of the XIX century . On the other side- Saviour on Spilt Blood is extended in the plan, which clearly distinguishes it from St. Basil's Cathedral.

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