St Andrew's Church in Kyiv was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, with Ivan Michurin handling construction and engineering, for Empress Elizabeth of Russia as part of a planned summer residence. The infobox gives completion in 1767. The text says it was built from 1747 to 1754, with the exterior finished in 1754 and the interior in 1767.
The article calls the style Ukrainian Baroque. It uses red and white brick, a stone foundation, cast-iron floor slabs and 1,028 gold slabs. It is 104 feet (31.7 m) long, 67 feet (20.4 m) wide and 164 feet (50 m) high.
A storm destroyed the cupolas in 1815. The church closed for worship in 1932 and became a museum in 1968. Its domes were rebuilt from Rastrelli's drawings in 1978. It was given to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and foundation instability remains a concern. The Ukrainian government owns it. The article gives no hours.
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