Description of the attraction
Nikolsky Cathedral is a temple complex of the Russian Orthodox Church located in the center of Kazan on Bauman Street. It is a city landmark and a monument of cult architecture. Since 1946, the cathedral has been functioning as a cathedral. The cathedral is an architectural complex of administrative buildings, interconnecting the Pokrovskaya and Nikolo-Nizskaya churches, a bell tower and a chapel.
The Nicholas-Nizskaya church was so named so that it could be distinguished from other Kazan churches dedicated to Nicholas the Wonderworker. For example, from the church of St. Nicholas Gostiny, which was located nearby.
Nicholas-Nizskaya Church (Church In the Name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker) is a brick plastered building. The church facades are decorated in an eclectic style typical of the late 19th century. The church building has a classic structure: pillarless, with one head, one apse. The main entrance is on the western façade, located on Bauman Street. The entrance is decorated with rectangular niches on both sides. The second entrance is from the side of the churchyard. The building has two tiers, which are decorated with flat, profiled blades. On the second floor there are rectangular windows with complex-shaped architraves: with elements of semi-columns and ending with sandriks. The frieze is decorated with geometric stucco decoration. Decor elements alternate with triglyphs located above the shoulder blades. The building ends with a figured attic and a dome on a figured drum.
The Church of the Intercession is an architectural monument made in the style of Russian baroque. It was built in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The three-apse brick temple was once plastered. The temple is five-pillar, domed, with five onion domes, designed in the Byzantine style. The temple has an almost cubic volume, divided by flat hanging shoulder blades. The volume ends with bins of a semicircular shape, decorated with a curb. The temple is double-height. Window openings have a semicircular shape and are framed with luxurious baroque trims with keeled sandriks. Large and small light drums are decorated with belts with openwork ornament.
The bell tower dominates in height over all buildings of the complex. It was built in the early 18th century in the Russian Baroque style. The bell tower is five-tiered, with richly decorated tier walls, and ends with an octagonal drum with a bulbous cupola. Glavka is covered with green scaly ceramic tiles. The eights of the bell tower decrease in volume upward and are decorated with carved ornaments and brick semi-columns.
