Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (russian: Собор во имя Александра Невского) is the Eastern Orthodox

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, named in honor of

Saint Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...

. It is one of the first stone constructions in Novonikolayevsk (former name of Novosibirsk). The church was built in

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architectural style in 1896–1899. The building design was influenced by the design of

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in St.Petersburg built a few years earlier. Людмила Кузменкина. 110 лет назад в Новониколаевском заложили Александро-Невский собор. Вечерний Новосибирск, 12.05.2007
/ref> It was opened and consecrated on December 29, 1899. In 1915 it became a cathedral. The cathedral was a specific monument to Tsar Alexander III who initiated construction of the

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which resulted in the foundation of Novonikolayevsk (now Novosibirsk) as a new railway station. In 1937, the cathedral was closed by Soviet authorities. In 1988, the year of the 1000th anniversary of Kievan Rus' conversion to Christianity, a movement began for the restitution of the cathedral. In 1989, it was re-opened.

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Official website Людмила Кузменкина. 110 лет назад в Новониколаевском заложили Александро-Невский собор. Вечерний Новосибирск, 12.05.2007
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