# Alexander-Newsky-Kapelle

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Alexander-Newsky-Kapelle stands in Potsdam as a historic Russian Orthodox church within the Alexandrowka settlement. The chapel’s construction dates to the year 1826 in Potsdam. It was built for Russian residents of Alexandrowka, a settlement connected with Russian soldiers, their families, and the choir of the Russian colony. Architect Vasily Stasov created the chapel’s design. The building presents an early German example of Byzantine Revival architecture and an early Russian Revival expression of that style. The Russian Orthodox chapel stands below the Kapellenberg in Potsdam. Its consecration followed construction in the same year, linking the building’s religious purpose directly to its original community. The Alexandrowka settlement now belongs to a UNESCO World Heritage Site. That setting records historical ties between Prussia and Russia through architecture, settlement planning, and the community’s religious life. The church continues as an active congregation in Potsdam. The church is recorded as the oldest Russian Orthodox church in Germany. Its architecture gives Potsdam a Russian historical marker.

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