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TheAssumption Church onSennaya Square inSt. Petersburg was aLate Baroque penticupolar church sponsored byOrthodox merchants trading at the nearby Sennaya Square market.
The church originated as a wooden building transferred across theNeva from the northern part of the city.[1] It was rebuilt in stone in the 1750s to aRastrelliesque design attributed toAndrey Kvasov and was slightly modified on several occasions, most importantly byLuigi Rusca in 1817. The church boasted a highbelfry of three storeys, a gildedicon screen, and many valuable items. Its parish was one of the richest in the city.[2]
The large building with the distinctive dark-greenjug-like domes, popularly known as theSaviour Church, used to dominate the surrounding district. It gave its name toSpassky Island (the central parcel of the downtown wedged between theFontanka,Moika,Griboyedov andKryukov canals) andSpasskaya metro station.
The building survived theJoseph Stalin period intact and was even elevated by theLiving Church to a cathedral status (in 1923) but was blown up at the height ofNikita Khrushchev's anti-religious campaign in 1961.[2][3] Ametro vestibule that was to replace it stands slightly to the north. The site of the church has been marked by a very small and plain-lookingchapel since 2003.
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