Dormition Cathedral

The Assumption or Dormition Cathedral was the main Orthodox church of until the construction of the in 1901. The cathedral stands on the University Hill by the bank of the Lopan River and dominates the entire downtown.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: Orthodox church of Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Assumption Cathedral” and “Dormition Cathedral, Kharkiv”
  • Address: Університетська вулиця 11

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ivan Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv National University of Arts and M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum.

University
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The Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky is the leading music and drama institution of higher education in Ukraine. The university trains about 900 undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates in music and theatre art. is situated 170 metres northeast of Dormition Cathedral.

Museum
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The is a history museum located in , . Its dedicated to history and culture of Ukraine and ethnicities living here. is situated 300 metres north of Dormition Cathedral.

Church
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The Intercession Cathedral or Pokrovskyi Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in , , built in 1689. In addition to the cathedral, the monastery complex includes the seminary, Kharkiv episcopal residence, and the Church of the Mother of God Ozerianska. is situated 240 metres northwest of Dormition Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kharkiv and Honcharivka.

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is a major city in the region of and is the second largest city in Ukraine with a population of over 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is in the northeast of the Ukraine.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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The or Gosprom building is an office building located on Freedom Square in , . Built in the Constructivist style, it was the first modern skyscraper building in the Soviet Union upon its completion in 1928.

Dormition Cathedral

Latitude
49.98989° or 49° 59′ 24″ north
Longitude
36.23062° or 36° 13′ 50″ east
Inception
1884
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 181581985
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q2381859
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“Dormition Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Iragaitzaren katedrala”
  • Chinese: “聖母安息主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “聖母安息大教堂”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Ontslapenis van de Moeder Gods (Charkov)”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Ontslapenis van de Moeder Gods”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه الرقاد”
  • Finnish: “Uspenskin katedraali”
  • Finnish: “Свято-Успенський собор”
  • French: “cathédrale de la Dormition de Kharkiv”
  • French: “Cathédrale de la Dormition de Kharkiv”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale della Dormizione (Charkiv)”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale della Dormizione”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Katedralen for Maria innsovning”
  • Polish: “Sobór Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Charkowie”
  • Russian: “Собор Успения Пресвятой Богородицы”
  • Russian: “Успенский собор”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Dormicion”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Dormición”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารแม่พระบรรทม (คาร์กิว)”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารแม่พระบรรทม”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารแม่พระรับเกียรติยกขึ้นสวรรค์”
  • Ukrainian: “Свято-Успенський собор”
  • Ukrainian: “Успенський собор”
  • Western Frisian: “Untsliepeniskatedraal (Charkov)”
  • Western Frisian: “Untsliepeniskatedraal”

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