Cathedral Trinity
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Trinity Cathedral in Magadan is the largest in the Far East, the Orthodox church and became a real decoration of the city. The cathedral is a two-story domed temple with pozakomarnym completion.

Cathedral in appearance resembles Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral and is considered one of the highest in the country. Its total height is over 70 m, making the cathedral can be clearly seen from anywhere in the city.

Up to 1985 on the site of the modern cathedral is a building of the House of Soviets, whose construction was never completed. Construction of the cathedral began in 2001 and ended after 7 years. The upper part of the cathedral was carried out almost entirely on the basis of an unfinished House of Soviets. The basis of bearing structures of the temple was used partially disassembled metal frame.

The main sponsor of the construction of the cathedral was made by President Maksotsbanka Magadan MS Kartashov. Since the volume of construction works was very large, it engaged in the erection of several contractors.

Volume-spatial composition of the Cathedral of the Trinity, as well as its proportions were designed taking into account the size of the surrounding buildings, which successfully influenced the formation of built-up area in front of the cathedral. The walls of the cathedral - pyatizakomarnye and have two tiers of arched windows. On both sides of the main entrance to the cathedral is a chapel. Painting the interior of the Cathedral of the artists involved in Palekh icon workshop. Two large values ​​of the cathedral - the icons for the iconostasis, a height of 3 m, were written by the best painters of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.

The main architects of the Cathedral of the Trinity are: Kolosov Kolosov and E, and design engineers: E. Sysalov, Yaskevich M., B. and A. Resnik Nevretdinov.

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