Saint Nikolai Cathedral, Yerevan

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Saint Nikolai Cathedral
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Basic information
Location Stepan Shahumyan Square and statue place, Kentron District,
Armenia Yerevan, Armenia
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Affiliation Russian Orthodox Church
Status destroyed in 1931
Architectural description
Architect(s) Vasili Mirzoyan
N. Kitkin
Architectural style Russian
Completed Second half of the 19th century

Saint Nikolai Cathedral (Russian: Николаевский собор, Armenian: Սուրբ Նիկոլայ Մայր եկեղեցի (Surb Nikolay Mayr yekeghets'i)) was a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Yerevan, Armenia and was destroyed in 1931. It was located at the site of what is now Shahumyan Square in Yerevan's Kentron District.

History

The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nikolai was located in the middle of the north-eastern side of the Cathedral Square (now Shaumyan Square) area. According to O. Khalpahkhyan, this Russian military cathedral at the central square of Yerevan, was built in the second half of the 19th century. The cathedral was built by local red and black tufa in the architectural forms that prevailed at that time in Russia. The cathedral was destroyed in 1931, and later Shahumyan Square was built in its place.

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