Sergievo-Kazanskij kafedralnyj sobor, Kursk

The Cathedral Cathedral of St. Sergius of Radonezh and the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is an Orthodox church in the Central District of Kursk, located at the intersection of Gorky and Mozhayevskaya Streets, 27 Gorky Street. Built in 1752-1778 in Elizabethan baroque style on the site of one-story church of Sergius of Radonezh burned to the ground in 1751. The cathedral is a one-domed two-storey stone church with ribbed domes, broken gables, numerous windows of different sizes, proportions and designs; in plan it is a rectangle about 16 m wide and about 33 m long with a five-sided altar apse. The name of the architect has not yet been revealed, in all likelihood the project was prepared by one of Bartolomeo Rastrelli's pupils. Due to the transfer of the episcopal seat from Belgorod to Kursk in 1833 the church obtained the status of a cathedral. From 1934 to 1942 the Cathedral was closed, the building was located in the regional picture gallery and an art studio, as well as an antireligious museum. Currently the church is active. The St. Sergiev Kazan Cathedral is remarkable for its preserved 18-meter high gilded carved iconostasis of the upper temple, created by unknown master carvers in the XVIII century. Architectural monument of federal importance.