The Dormition Cathedral (

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: Успенский собор) in

Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ...

is one of the largest churches in

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. Its fanciful design of many shapes and colors utilizes a plethora of elements from the Russian and Byzantine medieval architectural vocabulary. The main square of Omsk takes its name from the cathedral. The first stone of a new church was laid by Tsesarevich

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during his journey across Siberia in 1891. A revivalist design was commissioned from Ernest Würrich, a fashionable architect based in

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. The church was consecrated in 1898. It was shut down after the

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and was blown up in 1935. The

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had the edifice rebuilt to Würrich's original designs in the early 21st century. The worshippers from all over Siberia come to the church in order to venerate the relics of Bishop Sylvester, a

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supporter who was martyred by the

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in 1920.Official website of the Omsk Eparchy

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