Those who first reaches the shore of the Ob, is hard to imagine that the city of Novosibirsk - the largest industrial, scientific and cultural center of Siberia - a little more than a hundred years.The city definitely has its own unique architectural appearance.A expressive Novosibirsk Orthodox churches hold its visual image is not the last place.Even despite the fact that they boast of antiquity can not.
History of Novosibirsk
Some historians explain the emergence of this settlement a historical accident.City Novonikolayevsk gradually grew out of a working village, which was founded in the last decade of the nineteenth century.Then it lived builders of the bridge across the great Siberian river Ob - water barrier under construction for the Trans-Siberian Railway.This road, which connects the central regions of the country to the Pacific coast, had a big significance in Russian history.And one of the consequences of its erection was the city on the banks of the Ob River.Old temples are almost the same age of Novosibirsk city.Without orthodox church in central Russia does not build.It has traditionally been an architectural dominant of any settlement.We regret to note that not all temples and churches Novosibirsk erected at its base, survived.So much was destroyed in the thirties of the twentieth century.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk Orthodox churches are able to pleasantly surprise guests and nontrivial expressive architectural solutions.One of the most striking monuments is the red brick Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the historic city center.This majestic and powerful building, made in neo-Byzantine style, was one of the first stone constructions Novonikolaevsk.Its construction was completed on the eve of the new century, in 1899.Just like the other churches of Novosibirsk, the cathedral was badly damaged in the first half of the century.In the Soviet period it has undergone redevelopment and has been used for other purposes.Efforts have even attempted his final demolition, but to blow up the building of the Bolsheviks failed.Only the bell tower of the Cathedral lost.On the eve of the remarkable date - Millennium of the Baptism of Russia, the city has developed a strong public campaign for the transfer of the historic monument of the Russian Orthodox Church.What was accomplished.
Ascension Cathedral
One of the oldest temples of the city is also the Cathedral Ascension Cathedral.The date of its construction marked the eve of the First World War - 1913 year.The fate of the temple is quite typical - in 1937 it was closed, as part of the country's anti-religious policies.The building served as a warehouse and granary.However, during the war, the Bolsheviks were forced to change their attitude to the Orthodox Church.In 1944, the Ascension Cathedral newly accepted members.Since then, the ministry in the church do not cease.It functioned even with drastic restoration of the building, which took place prior to the celebration of the millennium of Christianity in Russia.
Trinity Cathedral
One of the peculiar business card of the city became the golden-domed upper church Trinity-St Vladimir's Cathedral.Just like the other churches of Novosibirsk, a photo that adorns a historical monograph about the city, Trinity Cathedral has become a very vivid visual image "capital of Siberia."But its construction was completed only recently, in 2008.But in his appearance, he put together the best traditions of Russian church architecture in the style of classicism.
