Russian Compound

The Russian Compound is one of the oldest districts in central , featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim , some of which are used as Israeli government buildings, and one of which hosts the .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: church building in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Russian Compound in Jerusalem”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of the Holy Trinity and Safra Square.

Church
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, located at the heart of the so-called Russian Compound in central Jerusalem. The cathedral was built in 1860–1872 by a Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, when the Holy City was part of the Ottoman Empire.

Square
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city square in . It is the site of the complex, which houses the municipal administration. is located in a central part of the city, near the former seam line between and , a site chosen to symbolize its goal of serving all residents of Jerusalem.

Town hall
The Jerusalem Municipality, the seat of the municipal administration, consists of a number of buildings located on Jaffa Road in the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahalat Shiva and Musrara.

Neighborhood
Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in . It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now . It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of and to the north, by the Russian Compound and Kikar Safra to the west, and by Mamilla mall to the south, and the Old City to the east.

Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

Russian Compound

Latitude
31.78137° or 31° 46′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.223° or 35° 13′ 23″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JF+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11933331820
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q2479315
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Russian Compound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسكوبية (القدس)”
  • Arabic: “المسكوبية”
  • Chinese: “俄国大院”
  • Chinese: “俄國大院”
  • Chinese: “俄罗斯大院”
  • Czech: “Migraš ha-Rusim”
  • Czech: “Migrash HaRusim”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه المسكوبيه”
  • Esperanto: “Rusa Komplekso”
  • Esperanto: “Rusa Misio en Jerusalemo”
  • Finnish: “Migrash Harusim”
  • French: “Complexe Russe”
  • French: “Mission russe de Jérusalem”
  • Hebrew: “מגרש הרוסים”
  • Indonesian: “Russian Compound”
  • Japanese: “ロシアン・コンパウンド”
  • Macedonian: “Руска населба”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Migrash Harusim”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Russian Compound”
  • Norwegian: “Migrash Harusim”
  • Polish: “Migrasz ha-Rusim”
  • Polish: “Migrasz HaRussim”
  • Russian: “Русское подворье в Иерусалиме”
  • Spanish: “Complejo Ruso de Jerusalen”
  • Spanish: “Complejo Ruso de Jerusalén”
  • Yiddish: “מגרש הרוסים”

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