The St. Nicholas Cathedral in Nizhyn (; {{langx, ru, Свято-Николаевский кафедральный собор) is the main

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church of

Nizhyn Nizhyn (, ; ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the capital city, administrative center of Nizhyn Raion. It hosts the ...

eparchy in

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. The powerful centric 55-metres high building with five

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has become a prototype Ukrainian baroque architecture of stone five-domed cruciform churches. The cathedral reproduces in brick the techniques conventional to Ukrainian wooden folk architecture. The special and parade role of building is likewise emphasized in the interior, where both sides of the main entrance are arranged with placing special loggias for regimental

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. The predominant location of the cathedral among the surrounding city buildings is still beyond the competition, although the public centre moved to the other square. The main axis of the city goes from the market the

Oster River The Oster () is a river in the northern Ukrainian oblast of Chernihiv. The river is a left tributary of the Desna River. It is approximately 199 km long and its basin area is 2,950 km2. It is connected by canals and streams with the T ...

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