Saint Nikolai Cathedral (russian: Николаевский собор, hy, Սուրբ Նիկոլայ Մայր եկեղեցի (''Surb Nikolay Mayr yekeghets'i'')) was a
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...
cathedral in
Yerevan
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,
Armenia
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. It was destroyed by Soviet forces in 1931. It was located at the site of what is now Shahumyan Square in Yerevan's
Kentron District
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.
History
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of
St. Nikolai was located in the middle of the north-eastern side of the Cathedral Square (now Shaumyan Square) area. According to O. Khalpahkhyan, this Russian military cathedral at the central square of Yerevan, was built in the second half of the 19th century. The cathedral was built by local red and black
tufa
Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of water in unheated rivers or lakes. Geothermally heated hot springs sometimes produce similar (but less porous) carbonate deposits, which are known as travertine. ...
in the architectural forms that prevailed at that time in Russia.
The cathedral was destroyed in 1931, and later Shahumyan Square was built in its place.
Gallery
File:St Nikolai in Fortress St..png, The cathedral with surrounding area in the Fortress St.
File:St. Nikolai.png, The façade
File:St. nikolai altar.png, The altar
File:Yerevan soldliers 1919.jpg, Armenian soldiers marching next to the church in 1919
See also
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Russians in Armenia Russians in Armenia (Russian: Русские в Армении, Armenian: Ռուսները Հայաստանում) are ethnic Russians living in Armenia, where they make up the second largest minority (after the Yazidis). In 2022 census there wer ...
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History of Yerevan The history of modern Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, traces its roots back to Erebuni Fortress
an ancient Urartian fortified monument from which also the modern city of Yerevan derives its name. The earliest reference to Yerevan in the medieval ...
References
ЦЕРКОВНОЕ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВО В ЕРЕВАНЕ 19 НАЧАЛА 20 ВЕКОВ.
19th-century Russian Orthodox church buildings
Buildings and structures in Yerevan
Cathedrals in Armenia
Churches in Yerevan
Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Armenia
Russian diaspora in Armenia
Russian Orthodox cathedrals in Asia
Destroyed churches
Demolished buildings and structures in Armenia
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