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Russische Gedächtniskirche

Russische Gedächtniskirche

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Location: Saxony, Germany

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  • Alwin

    Impressive building, the memorial plaques on the entrance portal reminds of the Battle of Nations of 1813

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    • September 28, 2020

  • The St. Alexi Memorial Church to the Russian Honor, is a Russian Orthodox Church, which honors the 22,000 fallen Russian soldiers during the Battle of Leipzig. It was built from 1912, and inaugurated on October 17, 1913

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    • May 19, 2017

  • St. Alexi Memorial Church Leipzigconstruction time
    20th century,
    1912 to 1913
    architectural style
    historicism
    Builder/Architect
    Vladimir Alexandrovich Petrovsky,
    Georg Weidenbach,
    Richard Tschammer,
    Condition
    The Russian Church in Leipzig has been renovated.
    Todays use
    sacred
    Access
    The Russian Church in Leipzig is an open church.
    Descriptiontype
    The Russian Church in Leipzig was modeled on the Ascension Church in Moscow-Kolomenskoye.
    structure
    Plaster building, sandstone structure, gilded cast cement reliefs, tower-like church building on a square ground plan, vestibule, tower helmet as a reinforced concrete skeleton with onion dome and cross,
    inner space
    Iconostas, bells, chandeliers,
    tombs
    Tombstones and coffins of fallen Russian generals and soldiers
    Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/zentrum-suedost-russian-church-leipzig

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    • August 2, 2021

  • Impressive building 🦊🙏

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    • September 21, 2021

  • A rare example of a Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Leipzig in the direction of the old mass. Built in memory of St. Alexej and inaugurated with the Monument to the Battle of Nations. In memory of the many thousands of Russian soldiers who perished in the Battle of Leipzig and fought alongside the Germans.

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    • March 17, 2021

  • a very beautiful church, a visit is worth 2 euros per person

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    • October 11, 2020

  • many old trees in the park

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    • October 11, 2020

  • A really great building.

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    • September 14, 2022

  • Really worth seeing, also from the inside. And a very worthy memorial for the many fallen.

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    • July 24, 2022

  • The dead soldiers of the Battle of the Nations are commemorated. Only the French are missing, didn't they die here?

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    • August 9, 2023

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Location: Saxony, Germany

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