Novocherkassk Cathedral

For other uses, see Ascension Cathedral.

Novocherkassk Ascension Cathedral
Новочеркасский Вознесе́нский Собор
Novocherkasskiy Voznesenskiy Sobor

Religion
Affiliation| Russian Orthodox
Location
Location| Ermaka Square 2 (346429), Novocherkassk
Geographic coordinates| 47°24′50.612″N 40°6′37.0828″E﻿ / ﻿47.41405889°N 40.110300778°E﻿ / 47.41405889; 40.110300778
Architecture
Architect(s)| Alexander Yashchenko
Style| Neobyzantine
Completed| 1904
Specifications
Capacity| 5,000[1][2]
Length| 76,8 m (interior)[1][2]
85.8 m (exterior-stairs)[1][2]
Width| 62 m[1][2]
Interior area| 2,900 m² (interior)[1]
3,200 m² (exterior-stairs)[1]
Height (max)| 74.7 m (top cross)[1][2]
Dome dia. (outer)| 21.5 m[1][2]
Website
Solnzedona.ru

The Ascension Cathedral (Russian: Вознесенский собор) is a Russian Orthodox church in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It used to be one of the largest churches of the Russian Empire and the main church of the Don Host Province.

The five-domed building, which stands 75 meters tall, is a notable example of the Russian Neo-Byzantine architecture. It was erected between 1891 and 1904 on the site of an earlier church. The first church on the site was built to Luigi Rusca's designs. It collapsed in 1846. A replacement church collapsed 17 years later.[3]

The existing church building was designed by a local architect, Alexander Yashchenko, and dedicated in 1905. The worshipers were expelled from the church by the Communists in 1934. The Orthodox congregation resumed services in the upper church in 1942, after the Communists had been ousted from the Don Region by the Wehrmacht.[4]

The Starocherkassk and Novocherkassk cathedrals are considered the main spiritual centres of the Don Cossackdom. Matvey Platov, Vasily Orlov-Denisov, Yakov Baklanov and other atamans of the Don Cossack Host are buried in the church. A bronze statue of Yermak, the conqueror of Siberia, in front of the porch was designed by Mikhail Mikeshin.[5]

## See also[edit]

* Rostov-on-Don Cathedral
* List of tallest Orthodox churches
* Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire

* The Don Metropolitan Cathedral during the consecration festivities in 1905

* The church at night

* The bell tower over the porch, 2006

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Обмерные работы: Вознесенский войсковой кафедральный собор" [Measuring works: Ascension military cathedral] (in Russian). photogrammetria.ru. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Патриарший Вознесенский войсковой всеказачий кафедральный собор г. Новочеркасска". Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. ^ Official website of the Rostov-on-Don Eparchy
4. ^ "Войсковой Вознесенский кафедральный собор в Новочеркасске" (in Russian). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
5. ^ "Донкоин - Донкоин - Домен отключен". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2012.