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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Cathedrals in Moscow, Lutheran cathedrals in Russia, Russian Orthodox cathedrals, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Transfiguration Cathedral, Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt, Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Peter and Paul Cathedral, Church of Our Lady the Merciful, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Church of the Savior on Blood, Church of Michael Archangel, Baku, Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, Konigsberg Cathedral, Ss. Boris and Gleb Cathedral, Daugavpils, Smolny Convent, Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Baku, Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary, Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice, Yelokhovo Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, Moscow, Fyodorovskaya Church, Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Cathedral of the Annunciation, Cathedral of the Archangel, Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Ascension Cathedral, Almaty, Saint Sampson's Cathedral, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Novosibirsk, St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Howell, St. Michael's Cathedral, St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Moscow, Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral, Vyborg Cathedral, Orthodox Church of St. Michael and St. Constantine, Old Trinity Cathedral, Annunciation Cathedral, Voronezh, Orekhovo-Borisovo Metochion, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Philadelphia, Trinity Cathedral, Trubchevsk, Odigitrievsky Cathedral. Excerpt: The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (Russian: ), popularly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral (Russian: ), is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555-1561. Built on the order of Ivan IV of Russia to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan, it marks the geometric center of the city and the hub of its gr...