The Cathedral in April 2005

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Hram Hrista Spasitelja) in the Russian city of Kaliningrad is still under construction. It will be the dominant building of the inner city and will be situated near the central place called Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square). The cathedral's appearance will be similar to the cathedral of the same name in Moscow. The top of Kaliningrad's new Cathedral will reach 70 meters. Its construction will be finished in 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x883, 182 KB) Cathedral in Kaliningrad. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x883, 182 KB) Cathedral in Kaliningrad. ... Map of Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad (Russian: ), until 1945 known by its German name Königsberg, then briefly as Kenigsberg (Russian: Кёнигсберг), is a seaport city, capital and main city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... Ploshchad Pobedy is a common name for central and representative squares in Russian cities. ... View of the cathedral in 1905 The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Храм Христа Спасителя) is the largest Orthodox church in the world. ... Government Russia District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuri Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today beside the construction area there is a small wooden church.

See also: List of churches This is a list of churches in the physical sense, that are not already in the list of cathedrals or list of basilicas. ...

External link

• http://www.kcxc.org/index.php (in Russian)