Uspensky Cathedral

Cathedral in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1748-1770 years. Originally there was a wooden church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, with two-story bell tower. Documentary written evidence of this church, which was then "Stadion cathedral" dating back to 1695 year. Then the church was moved to the village. Ivashka Poltava region and use it to build a new church.

In 1748 it was decided to build a new stone "Gradsky cathedral." The project was drawn up by renowned architect Stephen Stabanskym, who was invited and brought to New Serbia. Unfortunately the construction of the cathedral was delayed for 22 long years, due to lack of funding and materials for construction. And yet in 1770 the construction of the cathedral was completed. Cathedral was the first stone building in the city of Poltava.

The exterior of the cathedral was quite controversial in the central part of the cathedral were considered Roman shades, and the dome had features of Greek architecture, and compared it with other Byzantine basilica. These unique differences are not allowed to just include the architecture of the cathedral to a certain architectural style.

The cathedral was a two-storey Byzantine style basilica had three domes, facades were decorated gables. And in such a cathedral stood long, ten years later in 1780, the first reconstruction of the cathedral. During this restructuring was completed two domes and domed cathedral was five, and rebuilt difference ponomarnyu, choirs were moved to the second floor, brick floor was replaced by an iron.

In 1847, "Gradskij Cathedral" was the cathedral, as this year`s episcopal chair was moved to Poltava from Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky.

In 1899 - 1900h years there has been another. As a result of this reconstruction Cathedral increased in size to 170 square meters and now could accommodate more than ten thousand parishioners.

In the history of the cathedral many interesting events and circumstances: in the cathedral were once rare gospel in 1628 and 1644, in 1787 the cathedral was visited Catherine II, also in this cathedral served as cantor grandfather of the famous writer Poltava - IP Kotlyarevskogo.

Not far from the cathedral in 1774, construction began on the bell tower, which is delayed by as much as 27 years for the same reasons as the construction of the cathedral. Therefore, the construction of the bell tower ended only in 1801. The bell tower was built in the classical style, with four tiers, topped by a spire is 44 meters in height. On the second floor is a large bell on its sides cast images - Assumption of the Virgin, Saints Peter and Paul and St. Nicholas. At the bottom of the bell inscription Slavic letters: "the glory and Saints edynosuschnыya nerazdelnыya Troytsы Made this the bell k sobornoy Poltavskoy church Uspenyya Presvyatыya with Virgin Media, granted ego syyatelstvom Prince Basil Mikhailovich Dolhorukovыm; vesu pudov 350, year 1780, of January 25, backyard Poltava ". The third tier was previously the largest bell, which was cast in the XVIII century from captured Turkish guns taken during the storming of the fortress of Poltava, the bell is on display in one of the halls of the Poltava Regional Museum.

In 1934, the cathedral was destroyed and it was completely destroyed. The bell tower remained miraculously not damaged, it was carried out in wartime service, and then there was located a museum city.

In 1999, to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of Poltava the restoration of the cathedral. Blessing of the construction given the president of Ukraine. In 2005, construction was completed, the cathedral rebuilt in its original form.

The cathedral is located at Cathedral Square, 3 m. Poltava.