Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral ( Sobor Polish Sw. Aleksandra Newskiego ) in Warsaw was built in 1894-1912 as part of a building program of Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in mainly non- Russian- populated areas of the empire (Finland, Estonia, Azerbaijan, etc.). The Cathedral (now Plac Piłsudskiego ) as it built to celebrate the Polish membership in the Russian Empire on the Plac Saski in Warsaw. Architect of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral was Leonti Benois. The bell tower was with its 70 m the tallest building in the former Warsaw, which was just like the later Stalinist Palace of Culture (Warsaw ), is widely regarded as a sign of Russian rule architecture. The church was financed by fundraising throughout Russia, including with the note that will documented so that also in the western regions of the empire powerful orthodox rule was established. Some of the funding was applied by a special tax in Warsaw. On 20 May 1912, the cathedral was consecrated, but demolished after the restoration of independent Poland 1924-1926 as a symbol of the experiment, the Russification of the country. In the heated debate that had previously taken numerous Catholic supporters had also found that wanted to preserve the building because of its artistic qualities.