St. Catherines Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Catherine is a religious constructing belonging to the Orthodox religion that's situated within the fort of Kherson, Ukraine. It was constructed in 1781–1786, one of the earliest church buildings in New Russia. It is a domed sandstone structure with a Tuscan portico and closely rusticated partitions. The church was committed to Catherine of Alexandria, the patron saint of the reigning empress. The church turned into constructed by way of General Ivan Gannibal inside the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish struggle and Russia's annexation of New Russia.

It changed into supposed as a memorial to the war of conquest and is full of symbolism illustrating Russia's claims to the Byzantine background. The architect is idea to were Ivan Starov; however the real production turned into supervised through the little-recognized Ivan Sitnikov. The earliest description of the church is discovered in the diary of Francisco de Miranda.

In 1790 Prince Potemkin requested Starov to rework the dome in imitation of his very own palace in St. Petersburg. The belfry was delivered in 1800 however became dismantled inside numerous years, after an earthquake. After Potemkin's demise he become buried within the cathedral, as turned into Prince Charles Frederick Henry of Wurttemberg, Maria Feodorovna's brother.