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This is the list of architectural monuments completely destroyed (not just disfigured beyond recognition or half-demolished) by the Soviets. It does not include innumerable statues of Russian royalty and stately homes of Russian nobility which were likewise destroyed.
Moscow[edit]
Cathedrals[edit]
- Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (1839-83, by Konstantin Thon) - the largest Orthodox church in the world - restored
- Ascension Cathedral in Dorogomilovo (1898-1910, destroyed 1938), second largest in Moscow (more info: [1])
- Saviour Cathedral on Bor in the Moscow Kremlin (1330, 1547, 1780s)
- Kazan Cathedral, Moscow on Red Square (1632-36, later rebuilt) - restored
Monasteries[edit]
- Chudov Monastery in the Kremlin
- Cathedral of the Miracle (1503)
- Church of St. Alexis (1680-86)
- Ascension Convent in the Kremlin
- Ascension Cathedral (1580s)
- Church of St. Michael Malein (1634, 1694)
- Church of St. Catherine (1808-17, by Carlo Rossi)
- Simonov Monastery
- Assumption Cathedral (1546-49)- scheduled to be restored
- Saviour Church over the Holy Gates (1591)- scheduled to be restored
- Great belltower (1839, by Konstantin Thon)- scheduled to be restored
- Four other churches- scheduled to be restored
- Sretensky Monastery
- Church of Mary of Egypt (from 1482 onward)
- Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker (16th cent.)
- Conception Convent
- Cathedral of Nativity of Our Lady (1804-07, by Matvey Kazakov) - cathedral to be built on this site is designed in a different style
- Church of Conception of St.Anne - restored 2005
- Nikitsky Monastery
- Cathedral of St. Nicetas (1536)
- Church of St. Demetrius (17th century)
- Great belltower (1861-68)
- Strastnoy Monastery
- Cathedral (1646, 1692)
- Great belltower (1860s)
- All other buildings
- Chrysostom Monastery
- Cathedral of St. John Chrysostom (1663)
- Andronikov Monastery
- Great belltower (1795-1803, by R. Kazakov)
- Danilov Monastery
- Belltower (1831-32) - restored
Parish churches[edit]
Churches in the traditional Russian style[edit]
- Church of Our Lady of Grebnevo on Lubyanka Square (1520)
- Church of the Presentation in Novinskoye (1565)
- Church of St. Sabbas (1592)
- Church of St. Nicholas on Arbat Street (1593)
- Church of St. Irene (1627)
- Church of St. Spiridon "na Kozyem bolote" (1639)
- Church of St. John's Decapitation on Malaya Lubyanka Street (1643)
- Resurrection Church "v Goncharakh" (1649)
- Trinity Church on Zubovskaya Square (1653)
- Church of St. John's Decapitation in Starokonyushenny Lane (1653)
- Resurrection Church on Ostozhenka Street (1654)
- Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian "v Kadashakh" (1656)
- Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian "v Nizhnikh Sadovnikakh" (1657)
- Church of Sts. Florus and Lauros on Myasnitskaya Street (1657)
- Church of Mary's Nativity "v Stoleshnikakh" (1657)
- Church of the Sign in Bely Gorod (1657)
- Church of St. Nicholas "za Petrovskimi vorotami" (1660)
- Church of St. Chariton "v Ogorodnikakh" (1662)
- Church of St. Nicholas "v Stolpakh" (1669)
- Assumption Church "v Kozhevnikakh" (1674)
- Assumption Church "u Posolskogo dvora" (1675)
- Church of Our Lady of Kazan in Troparevo (1677)
- Church of Three Saints "u Krasnykh vorot" (1680)
- Smaller Ascention Church (1680)
- Church of St. Nicholas "na Kuryikh nozhkakh" (1681)
- Church of St. Nicholas of the Streltsy (1682)
- Church of St. Hermolaus "na Kozyem bolote" (1682)
- Church of Sts. Joachim and Anna (1684)
- Saviour Church "v Pushkaryakh" (1684)
- Church of Our Lady of Iberia in Old Sushchevo (1685)
- Church of St. Nicholas "v Drachakh" (1688)
- Church of Sts. Adrian and Natalia in Meshchanskaya Street (1688)
- Church of St. Nicholas "the Great Cross" in Kitai-gorod (1689)
- Church of St. Sergius "v Pushkaryakh" (1689)
- Church of St. Alexis the Metropolitan "v Glinishchakh" (1689)
- Church of Our Lady of Kazan in Okhotny Ryad (1690)
- Church of Our Lady of Smolensk on Plyushchikha Street (1691)
- Church of Sts. Constantine and Helene in the Kremlin (1692)
- Church of St. Nicholas "na Gostinoi gorke" (1693)
- Church of Our Lady of Iberia "na Vorontsovom pole" (1693)
- Church of Christ's Nativity "v Palashakh" (1693)
- Church of Christ's Nativity "v Kudrine" (1693)
- Church of the Glorification of the Theotokos "v Bashmakove" (1694)
- Saviour Church "na Bozhedomke" (1696)
- Annunciation Church "na Berezhkakh" (1696)
- Church of St. Nicholas "na Pupyshakh" (1700)
- Intercession Church "v Golikakh" (1702)
- Church of St. Nicholas "na Koshelyakh" (1706)
- Church of the Sign on Zubovskaya Square (1709)
- Church of the Cross's Exultation in Bely gorod (1711)
- Church of St. Nicholas "v Novoy Slobode" (1712)
- Church of St. George "na Krasnoy gorke" (1714)
Churches in the Baroque style[edit]
- Assumption Church on Pokrovka Street (1696-99)
- Church of Our Lady of Vladimir at the Kitai-gorod wall (1693-94)
- to be written
Churches in the Neoclassical style[edit]
- to be written
Churches in the Russian Revival style[edit]
- to be written
Other buildings[edit]
- Sukharev Tower (1692-95)
- Iberian Gate and Chapel (1680, 1781) - restored
- Red Gate (1753)
- Triumphal arch on Poklonnaya Gora (1827) - restored
- Walls of Kitai-gorod (16th century) - scheduled to be restored
- Little Nicholas Palace in the Moscow Kremlin
- Cavaliers' Building in the Moscow Kremlin
Saint Petersburg[edit]
- Trinity Church (1754-56, by Pietro Antonio Trezzini) - built in place of the oldest church in the city
- Assumption Church on Sennaya Square (1753-65, by Andrey Kvasov)
- Nativity Church on Ligovsky Prospekt (1781-98, by Pavel Yegorov)
- Church of the Sign on Uprising Square (1794-1804, by Fyodor Demertsov)
- Artillery Cathedral of St. Sergius on Liteiny Prospekt (1796-1800, by Fyodor Demertsov)
- Intercession Church on Intercession Square (1798-1812, by Ivan Starov)
- Church of St. Matthew on Sytny Market (1800-01)
- Church of St. Catherine near Tuchkov Bridge (1811-23)
- Moscow Triumphal Gates (1834-38, by Vasily Stasov) - restored
- Catherinehof Church (1837-38, by Konstantin Thon)
- Presentation Cathedral on Gorokhovaya Street (1843-49, by Konstantin Thon)
- Annunciation Church on Annunciation Square (1843-49, by Konstantin Thon)
- Church of St. Miron on the Obvodnoy Canal Embankment (1849-54, by Konstantin Thon)
- Resurrection Church on Resurrection Square (1847-59, by Nikolay Efimov)
- Greek Orthodox Church of St. Demetrius on Ligovsky Prospekt (1865-67)
- Church of Sts. Zacharias and Elisabeth (1897-99, by Leon Benois)
- Church of the Saviour on the Waters (1910-11, by Marian Peretiatkovich and Viktor Vasnetsov)
Suburbs of St. Petersburg[edit]
- Kronstadt - Cathedral of St. Andrew (1811-17, by Andrian Zakharov)
- Tsarskoe Selo - Cathedral of St. Catherine (1835-40, by Konstantin Thon) - restored
- Peterhof - Cathedral of the Ulan Regiment (1836-40, by Konstantin Thon)
Kiev[edit]
- St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral (1108-14, 1740s) - restored
- Military Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Pechersk (1690-96, by Osip Startsev)
- Epiphany Cathedral of the Bratsky Monastery (1690-93, by Osip Startsev)
- Church of the Three Saints (1183, rebuilt in the 1630s)
- Church of Saint George (18th century, founded in 1021)
- Church of Mary's Assumption (1131-35, rebuilt in the 1170s and 19th century)
- Church of St. Nicholas the Kind (1800-07)
- Church of Christ's Nativity (1809-14) - restored
- Church of the Tithes (1828-42, by Vasily Stasov) - in place of the first Russian/Ukrainian church- scheduled to be restored
Kaliningrad Oblast[edit]
- Königsberg Castle (13th to 19th centuries)
- to be written
Arkhangelsk[edit]
- Trinity Cathedral (1709-65)
- Archangel Monastery with St. Michael's Cathedral (1685-99)
- Nativity Church (1692-1729)
- Archangel Church (1742-43)
- Assumption Church on the Dvina embankment (1742-44) - restored
- Naval cathedral (1760-76)
Kazan[edit]
- Saviour Monastery in the Kazan Kremlin, with a church from 1560s and cathedral from 1598
- Five-tier belltower of the Annunciation Cathedral (16th century)
- Church of Sts. Cyprian and Justina (1595, in place of the oldest church in the city)
- Assumption Cathedral of the Zilantov Monastery (from 1625 onward)
- Istoma Lyapun's church of St. Nicholas (1695)
- The Virgin's Convent, with a cathedral by Ivan Starov (1798-1808) and a 17th-century belltower
- Cathedral of the Saviour's Resurrection (1890)
Kostroma[edit]
- Assumption Cathedral (from 1560s onward) - scheduled to be restored
- Church of the Holy Trinity (1650s)
- Epiphany Cathedral (late 18th century)
- Winter cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery (18th century)- scheduled to be restored
Murom[edit]
- Cathedral of the Virgin's Nativity (from 1560s onward)
- Church of St. George (1651)
- Church of St. Nicholas "Zaryadnaya" (1675-77)
- Church of St. Nicholas of Mozhaysk (17th century)
Rostov[edit]
- Annunciation Cathedral and Archangel Church of the Belogostitsy Monastery (1657)
- Cathedral of the Petrovsky Monastery (1682-84) - scheduled to be restored
- Cathedral of the Varnitsy Monastery (1770) - restored
Vologda[edit]
Five-domed churches[edit]
- Cathedral of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit (1650-54)
- Church of St. John the Forerunner "v Dyudikovoy Pustyni" (1651-53)
- Church of St. George "na Navoloke" (1675-90)
- Church of St. Leonty of Rostov (before 1758)
One-domed churches[edit]
- Church of St. Theodore (1650s)
- Church of St. Paraskebas (1690s)
- Ascension Church (1698-1700)
- Church of St. Blaise (1712-14)
- Church of St. Nicholas on Hay Square (1713-77)
Yaroslavl[edit]
- Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin (1644-58) - scheduled to be restored
- Church of St. Barbara (1651-58) with a winter church (1715)
- Church of the Resurrection (1660)
- Church of St. Blaise (1679)
- Church of St. John the Baptist (1679, 1700)
- Church of St. Cosmas and Damian (before 1686)
- Church of the Ascension Monastery (1686)
- Church of All Saints (1689) with a winter church (1697)
- Church of St. Paraskebas at Vspolye (1689)
- Church of the Holy Spirit (1690)
- Church of Sts. Peter and Paul on the Volga (1691) with a winter church (1840)
- Church of St. John Chrysostom in the Kremlin (1691)
- Church of the Solovki Miracle-Workers (1693)
- Church of St. Nicetas (1641)
- Church of Mary's Nativity (1720)
- Churches of St. Simeon and of Presentation (1723-38)
- Church of St. Paraskebas "v Kalashnoy" (1739)
- Church of Our Lady of the Don (1747)
- A large part of the covered market (1820s)
- Demidov Lyceum (1813-25)
- Demidov Column (1834) - restored
Other locations[edit]
- Bryansk: Assumption Cathedral of the Svensky Monastery (1749-56, by Ivan Michurin)
- Dzerzhinsky: Cathedral of the Ugreshsky Monastery (16th to 19th cent.) and three other churches
- Gorodets: Trinity Cathedral (1673) and Church of Our Lady of Vladimir (1688)
- Gryazovets: Presentation Cathedral and Resurrection Church of the Korniliev-Komelsky Monastery (1552-1604) and three churches of the Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery (1518-21, 1536, 1542)
- Kalyazin: Trinity Monastery with a cathedral (1654) and 16th-century refectory
- Kamenny Monastery: 16th-century refectory and Saviour Cathedral (1481) - the oldest building in the Russian North- scheduled to be restored
- Kholmogory: Saviour Cathedral (1685-91)
- Kletsk: Trinity Cathedral (mid-16th century)
- Krasnoyarsk: Cathedral of the Virgin's Nativity (1845-61, by Konstantin Thon)
- Mologa: the whole town
- Nesvizh: Bernardine monastery (1598, rebuilt 1802-22)
- Nizhny Novgorod: ten churches, including Saviour Cathedral (1830) and Kazan Church (1661, restored)
- Omsk: Cathedral of the Virgin's Assumption (1898, restored
- Orsha: Intercession Cathedral (1758-74) and Nativity Church (1661, restored)
- Pereslavl-Zalessky: Nikolsky Monastery Cathedral (1711) - restored to a new design
- Pinsk: Jesuit cathedral (1635)
- Polotsk: Smaller church of the Belchitsky Monastery (12th century) and Jesuit cathedral of St. Stephen (1738)
- Suzdal: Trinity Cathedral of the Monastery of the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe (1700)
- Sviyazhsk: Cathedral of the Virgin's Nativity (16th century)
- Taganrog: Assumption Cathedral (1818-1938)
- Tomsk: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (1899)
- Tver: Cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration (1689-96) - the oldest building in the city
- Uglich: Intercession Monastery with Intercession Cathedral (1479-83) and Epiphany Church (1670s)
- Ulyanovsk: Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (1827-41, restored)
- Vitebsk: Annunciation Church (from 1140s onward) and Resurrection Church (1772-77) - both restored
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