Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk (Russian: ???????????), administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, is the third largest city in Siberia. It lies on the Yenisei River and is an important station on the Trans-Siberian railway.

Architecture

There is a number of historical buildings in Krasnoyarsk, the oldest of them is the Svyato-Pokrovskiy Cathedral (1785 to 1795, restored in 1977 to 1978). Other significant samples of Russian Orthodox architecture are the Svyato-Blagoveschenskiy Cathedral (1802-12), the Svyato-Troitskiy Cathedral (1802-12), the Ioanna Predtechi Church (1899, former archbishop's house), the Arkhistratiga Mikhaila Church (1998 to 2003).

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Svyato-Pokrovskiy Cathedral - Russian Orthodox - Svyato-Blagoveschenskiy Cathedral - Svyato-Troitskiy Cathedral - Ioanna Predtechi Church - Arkhistratiga Mikhaila Church

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On the top of the Karaulnaya Gora hill, at the plot of the ancient Tatar place of sacrifice and later the Krasnoyarsk fort watchtower, the Paraskeva Pyatnitsa's Chapel (1804, rebuilt in 1854 to 1855) is located. The chapel, displayed on the 10-ruble note, is one of the most well-known city symbols. The chapel was abandoned and decayed during the Soviet era and only when Perestroyka came it had been regained by the Yenisei eparchy.

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Karaulnaya Gora hill - Tatar - Paraskeva Pyatnitsa's Chapel - Ruble - Soviet - Perestroyka - Eparchy

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Another unofficial symbol of Krasnoyarsk is the incomplete 24 storey tower located at Strelka. Construction of the tower had been started just before Perestroyka and then frozen due to the administrative crisis. The silouette of the tower is clearly seen from many places in the city.

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Strelka - Perestroyka

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Among the other well-known buildings: the mansions of the merchant Nikolay Gadalov (beginning of the 20th century), the Roman-Catholic Preobrazheniya Gospodnya Chapel (1911), the Krasnoyarsk Krai Museum stylized as an Ancient Egyptian temple, the Krasnoyarsk Cultural/Historical Center and the triumphal arch at Strelka (2003), the Krasnoyarsk Krai administration building with the two towers behind it known as the "Donkey Ears".

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Nikolay Gadalov - 20th century - Preobrazheniya Gospodnya Chapel - Krasnoyarsk Krai Museum - Ancient Egypt - Krasnoyarsk Cultural/Historical Center - Strelka - Krasnoyarsk Krai

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There is a number of 2-storey wooden houses in the city built mostly in the middle of the 20th century as temporary habitations. Many urbanized villages located inside the city keep the remnants of typical Russian village architecture: wooden houses with backyards, many somewhat decayed now but still inhabited.

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