Cathedral of the Transfiguration is by far the oldest surviving and active temples of the city of Yakutsk. This cathedral has always been held in high esteem among the faithful parishioners. He represented the coming of Christianity to the Yakut people. Local craftsmen decorated the temple murals and icons - carved frames and took care of flowering plants in the courtyard of the cathedral.

Construction of the majestic Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration was conducted in 1838 - 1845 years. The temple was built with funds donated by large merchants Soloviev, who at that time were successful providers of expensive and valuable materials from Yakutia in the center of the Russian Empire.

Originally we planned to build a temple of white brick, but Yakut architects have expressed the desire to give a new temple of some solemnity and insisted that the church was built was of red brick. The cathedral is in the pseudo-architectural style. Sturdy tongs adorn the facade of the Cathedral of the quadrangle.

The temple is crowned with five beautiful chapters framed with shining gold domes. There is a unique belfry. It is here that the young learn all the tricks of ringers bell business. Transfiguration church was richly decorated, it has a beautiful iconostasis.

Quite a long time rector of the cathedral was a prominent educator and missionary - Archpriest Dmitry cunning, which in 1868 became a monk, becoming the first Bishop of Yakutsk and Vilyuiskaya Dionysius.

In the 30-ies. Cathedral of the Transfiguration was destroyed by atheists. I escaped from it only dilapidated lower part. It housed various city organizations. After the building was evacuated Library is located here last, it does it in disrepair and gradually began to decay, losing its original appearance. The revival of the cathedral only began in 1993 after the discovery of the Yakut diocese. In 1994, the grand opening of the cathedral.

Today Yakut Cathedral of the Transfiguration - a true symbol of the old city of Yakutsk.