Ascension Cathedral (Sophia, Pushkin)

St. Sophia (Ascension) Cathedral Софийский (Вознесенский) собор
Religion
Affiliation	Russian Orthodox
Rite	Orthodox
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Year consecrated	1788 (1989, 1999)
Status	Active
Location
Location	Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Municipality	Saint Petersburg, Tsarskoye Selo
State	Russia
Geographic coordinates	59°42′18.89″N 30°23′38.05″E / 59.7052472°N 30.3939028°E / 59.7052472; 30.3939028
Architecture
Architect(s)	Charles Cameron, Ivan Starov; the bell tower - Leon Benois
Type	Cathedral
Style	Palladian
Groundbreaking	1782
Completed	1788
Specifications
Direction of façade	West
Capacity	5,000
Dome(s)	5
Spire(s)	Stone, granite

The Ascension Cathedral in the town of Sophia (now a part of Pushkin) in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, was one of the first purely Palladian churches to be built in Russia. Rather paradoxically, it may also be defined as "the first example of Byzantinism in Russian architecture".^[1]