The Intercession Cathedral on the Moat (St. Basil's Cathedral), Moscow. The cathedral was built in 1555-1561 on orders from Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and the defeat of the Kazan Khanate on Intercession Day (early October 1552).
Sergey Pyatakov / RIA NovostiThe Intercession Cathedral on the Moat (St. Basil's Cathedral), Moscow. The cathedral was built in 1555-1561 on orders from Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and the defeat of the Kazan Khanate on Intercession Day (early October 1552).
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