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Odigitrievsky Cathedral

Ulan-Ude, Russia · built 1785

Odigitrievsky Cathedral
Odigitrievsky Cathedral. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Odigitrievsky Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria is an Orthodox church, a monument of architecture of the Siberian Baroque of the middle of the 18th century in Transbaikalia. It was built in 1741–1785 in the city of Verkhneudinsk (since 1934 – Ulan-Ude) The first stone building of the city, located in the historical center of Ulan-Ude, on the right coast of the Uda river and near its confluence with the Selenga River.

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