Assumption Cathedral
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Assumption Cathedral (alternatively called Dormition Cathedral) is the name of several Russian churches consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (Assumption of Mary):
- The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir (1158-89) - the model for all subsequent churches of that name;
- The Assumption Cathedral in Zvenigorod (1399);
- The Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (1475-79);
- The Assumption Cathedral in Dmitrov (1509-21);
- The Assumption Cathedral in Rostov (date of construction disputed, the early 16th century being the most likely);
- The Assumption Cathedral in Yaroslavl (date of construction disputed, the 1640s being the most likely);
- The Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk (1677-79, 1732-40);
- The Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan (1693-99);
- The Assumption Cathedral in Tula (1762-64).
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