Nikolay Mikhailovich Chagin (Николай Михайлович Чагин; 1823,

Oryol Oryol ( rus, Орёл, p=ɐˈrʲɵl, lit. ''eagle''), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Fed ...

– 1909) was a Russian architect active primarily in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

and the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

. He took part in the Siege of Sevastopol and served as

Vilno Vilnius ( , ; see also #Etymology and other names, other names) is the capital and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the munic ...

's main architect for 38 years. Chagin mastered the

Byzantine Revival Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...

and several other revivalist styles, often blending them at will. His church buildings include: *

Nativity Cathedral, Riga The Nativity of Christ Cathedral ( lv, Kristus Piedzimšanas pareizticīgo katedrāle, russian: Христорождественский кафедральный собор), Riga, Latvia was built to a design by Nikolai Chagin and Robert Pfl ...

Cathedral of the Theotokos, Vilnius The Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius (; russian: Пречи́стенский кафедра́льный собо́р) is the episcopal see of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Metropolitan of Vilnius and all Lithuania. In 1415 – 1795 it wa ...

* St. Paraskeva Church, Vilnius * St. Euphrosyne Church, Vilnius * St. Catherine Church, Vilnius * Bell tower of St. Anne's Church, Vilnius * St Simeon and St Anne's Cathedral, Jelgava * St. Mary's Church, Grodno *

Church of the Resurrection, Foros The Church of Christ's Resurrection (russian: Воскресенская церковь; uk, Церква Воскресіння Христового) is a popular tourist attraction close to the southernmost tip of the Crimea, known primarily fo ...

* The interiors of the

Chersonesus Cathedral The Saint Vladimir Cathedral (russian: Владимирский собор; uk, Володимирський собор) is a Neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the outskirts of Sevastopol, on the Cr ...

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