Description of the attraction
The Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity in Magadan is the largest Orthodox church in the Far East and has become a real gem of the city. The cathedral is a two-storied five-domed temple with a pozakomarny ending.
The cathedral in its appearance resembles the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior and is considered one of the tallest in the country. Its total height is over 70 m, thanks to which the cathedral is clearly visible from anywhere in the city.
Until 1985, the building of the House of Soviets was located on the site of the modern cathedral, the construction of which was never completed. The construction of the cathedral began in 2001 and was completed 7 years later. The upper part of the Cathedral was almost completely completed on the basis of the unfinished House of Soviets. A partially disassembled metal frame was used as the basis for the supporting structures of the temple.
The main sponsor of the construction of the cathedral was M. S. Kartashov. Since the volume of construction work was very large, several contractors were involved in the construction.
The volumetric-spatial composition of the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity, as well as its proportions, were designed taking into account the size of the surrounding buildings, which successfully influenced the formation of the development of the square in front of the cathedral. The walls of the cathedral are five-fold and have two tiers of arched windows. There are chapels on both sides of the main entrance to the cathedral. The interior of the cathedral was painted by the artists of the Palekh icon-painting workshop. Two great values of the cathedral - icons for the iconostasis, 3 m high, were painted by the best icon painters of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
The main architects of the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity were V. Kolosov and E. Kolosova, and design engineers: E. Sysalov, M. Yaskevich, B. Nevretdinov and A. Reznik.
