Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni founded the cathedral in 1794, and construction began on November 14, 1795. Vikentiy Vanrezant prepared the project, spelled Vonrezant in the infobox. The Italian architect Francesco Frappoli was hired in 1798 to complete it, and he and Giorgio Torricelli designed the bell tower, built from 1827 to 1837. The infobox gives 1808 as the completion date, while the text says the final form came by 1903.
The article calls it mainly neoclassical. The infobox gives it as 297 feet (90.6 m) long, 153 feet (46.6 m) wide and 253 feet (77 m) tall, with a marble iconostasis. Soviet authorities demolished it in 1936. A reconstruction began in 2000, and it reopened on May 22, 2005 and was consecrated in 2010.
A Russian missile attack severely damaged it on July 23, 2023. Bulk repair works were completed by October 2024.
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