Catherine's Cathedral, Yekaterinburg

The Catherine Cathedral (also known as the Catherine Mining Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint Great Martyr Catherine, in Russian) was a former Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg, initially built as an adobe church during the founding of the fortress and plant in 1723. After a fire in 1747 destroyed the building, a stone church was founded in 1758 and consecrated in 1768. The church's primary relic was a portion of the relics of Saint Simeon of Verkhoturye, brought to Yekaterinburg in the late 1820s. The cathedral, managed by the Ural Mining Administration, was located in the city center on the elevated left bank of the Iset River, east of the Epiphany Cathedral built in 1747, at the intersection of Lenin Avenue and Pushkin Street. The nearby square was named after it. The Epiphany and Catherine cathedrals were the dominant heights in the city center, shaping the focal points of Lenin Avenue and the dam. In February 1930, the cathedral was closed, and in early April, it was demolished by the decision of the Sverdlovsk City Executive Committee. Bricks salvaged from the ruins were used as building materials for public buildings in the city. On August 18, 1991, a memorial cross was erected at the site of the cathedral's altar, and in 1998, to mark Yekaterinburg's 275th anniversary, the Chapel of Saint Catherine was built nearby. In 2019, discussions about reviving

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