Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin or more properly the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God is the Russian Orthodox cathedral of the diocese of in since 1945.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: orthodox church in Tashkent
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Tashkent” and “Holy Assumption Cathedral Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include State Art Museum and Tashkent-Passenger.

Museum
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The Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan is the largest national art museum in , Republic of Uzbekistan. Its permanent collection contains more than several thousands works, divided among four curatorial departments. is situated 1¼ km north of Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 720 metres east of Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin.

Museum
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Tashkent is a railway museum in and is the only such museum in . is situated 1¼ km northeast of Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tashkent and ‘Tashkent City’ business center.

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is the capital and largest city of , with a population of just over 3 million in 2024. It was an ancient city on the Silk Road, the network of trading routes between China and Europe, but what you see now is mostly modern - it was wrecked by an earthquake in 1966 and rebuilt in Soviet style, with humdrum medium-raise lining interminable boulevards.

Neighborhood
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Tashkent City is a business center under construction in . Located in the district, between Alisher Navoi Avenue, Olmazor, Furkat streets and Islam Karimov Avenue. is situated 4 km northwest of Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin.

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin

Latitude
41.29083° or 41° 17′ 27″ north
Longitude
69.27883° or 69° 16′ 44″ east
Open location code
8JHF77RH+8G
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q569986
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “катедрала Свето Успение Богородично”
  • Chinese: “聖母安息主教座堂”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Ontslapenis van de Moeder Gods (Tasjkent)”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Ontslapenis van de Moeder Gods”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كاتدرائيه العذراء المقدسه”
  • French: “cathédrale de l’Assomption”
  • French: “Cathédrale de la Dormition de Tachkent”
  • Italian: “cattedrale dell’Assunzione della Vergine”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale dell’Assunzione della Vergine”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Uspenskiy jome-soborı (Tashkent)”
  • Polish: “Sobór Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Taszkencie”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный Собор Успения Божeй Матери”
  • Russian: “Кафедральный собор Успения Божией Матери”
  • Russian: “Успенский собор”
  • Serbian: “Успењска катедрала (Ташкент)”
  • Serbian: “Успењска катедрала”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Asuncion de la Virgen”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen”
  • Tatar: “Дөньядан күчү соборы (Ташкәнт)”
  • Tatar: “Дөньядан күчү соборы”
  • Uzbek: “Uspenskiy sobori-jome’si (Toshkent)”
  • Uzbek: “Uspenskiy sobori”

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