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The Transfiguration Cathedral or Saviour-Transfiguration Cathedral () is the oldest building in
Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...
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Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, and one of the few surviving buildings of pre-Mongol Rus. It is located in Dytynets Park.


History

Construction of the cathedral was started by Prince
Mstislav of Chernigov Mstislav Vladimirovich (died ) was the earliest attested prince of Tmutarakan and Chernigov in Kievan Rus'. He was a younger son of Vladimir the Great, the grand prince of Kiev. His father appointed him to rule Tmutarakan, an important fortress ...
, and legend states that when Mstislav died in 1035 or 1036, the height of the walls were equal to the height of a horseman. It is unclear when the construction was completed. Mstislav was buried in the cathedral. The Transfiguration Cathedral was damaged in 1239, during the
Mongol invasion The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire, the Mongol Empire (1206–1368), which by 1260 covered large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastati ...
, renovated in the mid-17th century, burned down in the 18th century and was again renovated later. The current exterior stems from the end of the 19th century. The architecture is unusual as it combines elements of a Roman basilica with a typical Byzantine church. It has three naves with three apses and five domes. There are two towers at the two sides of the main facade. The cathedral has been on the
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tentative list since 1989.


See also

* List of Churches and Monasteries in Chernihiv * Ancient Chernihiv


References


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* * {{Chernihiv Tourist attractions in Chernihiv Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in Ukraine 11th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Churches in Chernihiv Tourism in Chernihiv Ukrainian Baroque church buildings