MOSCOW - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is located on the northern bank of the Moskva River, a few hundred metres southwest of the Kremlin. With an overall height of 103 metres it is the tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world. The current church is the second to stand on this site. The original church, built during the 19th century, took more than 40 years to build, and was the scene of the 1882 world premiere of the 1812 Overture composed by Tchaikovsky. It was destroyed in 1931 on the order of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. #moscow #mosca #russia