During Soviet times, the Kazan Cathedral was transformed into a Museum of Atheism. It was returned to religious use in 1999.
The Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral is distinguished by its curved colonnade of numerous huge columns. The church was built following the war with Napoleon in 1812. Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, who was immortalized in Tolstoy's War and Peace, is buried here. A statue of General Kutuzov and Mikhail Barclay de Tolly have stood in front of the church since 1837.
The Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral is distinguished by its curved colonnade of numerous huge columns. The church was built following the war with Napoleon in 1812. Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, who was immortalized in Tolstoy's War and Peace, is buried here. A statue of General Kutuzov and Mikhail Barclay de Tolly have stood in front of the church since 1837.
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