Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche Dresden
Five-domed Russian church of brick and sandstone with a tall bell tower, built in the eighteen seventies.
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This guide to the Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Simeon in Dresden follows Simeon Vikulin, a state councillor at the Russian embassy, and the church he set out to build on this street in the eighteen seventies. It touches the Saint Petersburg architect who drew the plans, the parishioners who chipped in, and a Tsar who came to pray. Best heard from the pavement across the road, where all five onion domes fit in view.
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