Russische Gedächtniskirche
The Russische Gedächtniskirche rises in southeast Leipzig, on the ground where the Battle of Leipzig took place in 1813. Its Novgorod-style form climbs from a square base through eight and sixteen sides to a 55-metre tower, finished with a golden onion dome and patriarch’s cross.
Built in 1913, the church commemorates 127,000 Russian soldiers who fought in the battle, including 22,000 who died. Vladimir Potrovsky designed it after the Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye, while Russian and German builders completed the work in less than ten months. Inside, a restored icon wall measures 18 metres high by 10 metres wide and carries 78 icons decorated with semi-precious stones, silver and other metals.
Four coffins preserve the remains of Russian soldiers, including Nicolas Kudaschev, Iwan Jegorowitsch Schewitsch and Andrej Jurgenew. Above the icons, a chandelier weighing about 800 kilograms holds 72 lamps, a gift from Tsar Nicholas II.
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