Description of the attraction
Nicholas Cossack Cathedral is the oldest functioning temple in the city of Omsk. For the first time, the question of building a temple for the Siberian Cossack army was raised in 1829. The initiator of the construction of the cathedral was A. M. Lukin.
The design of the temple was based on the drawings of the architect V. P. Stasov. The new plan in 1833 was approved by the Governor General I. A. Velyaminov and His Eminence Afanasy. Lieutenant Colonel D. D. Pokhomova. The construction of the cathedral was supervised by a field engineer, Lieutenant G. Leshchev, who was transferred from Tomsk to Omsk. The place of construction was chosen the area of the Cossack Forstadt, which is located opposite the school of the Siberian linear Cossack army. The temple was founded in May 1833 and was built with donations from the Cossacks and thanks to the efforts of various military commanders.
The Nicholas Cossack Cathedral is a one-story brick church made in the shape of a "ship". The total height of the cathedral is 24 m. The temple has three entrances, which are decorated with Doric porticoes. The central façade is also accented with a Doric portico, which is decorated with decorative details and completed by a massive dandy. The cathedral is complemented by a beautiful two-tiered bell tower. The lower tier of the bell tower with arched openings has the shape of a square, and the upper one is octahedral. The bell tower is crowned with a high spire with a cross.
The icons for the temple were painted by the academician of painting M. Myagkov and the artist P. Skorospelov. The iconostasis was made by craftsmen I. Dulin and P. Batov from Yekaterinburg.
In May 1840, the chapels of the warm church were consecrated - Simeon-Anninsky and Georgievsky. In September 1843, the main altar was consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. In September 1897, a 4-grade school for girls was opened at the cathedral.
In 1921, the Christian community lost its ownership of the Cossack Church. In 1929, the bell tower was dismantled, the domes were removed, and the building itself was handed over for "cultural needs". In 1960, attempts were made to demolish the cathedral. Since 1966, the building of the temple was in complete desolation. In the early 80s. in the Cossack Cathedral, restoration was carried out, and in 1983 an organ was installed in it. In 1989, the temple was returned to the Omsk clergy, after which it began to gradually revive.
