Dormition Cathedral, Kharkiv

Dormition Cathedral
Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці
Location	Kharkiv
Country	Ukraine
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy
Architecture
Style	Ukrainian Baroque
Completed	1657
Administration
Diocese	Kharkiv diocese [pl]

The Assumption or Dormition Cathedral was the main Orthodox church of Kharkiv until the construction of the Annunciation Cathedral in 1901. The cathedral stands on the University Hill by the bank of the Lopan River and dominates the entire downtown. The Neoclassical cathedral bell tower, built in the 1820s and 1830s to a height of 90 meters, remained the tallest building in the city until the 21st century. The cathedral is the only building in Kharkiv visited by almost all Emperors of Russia, starting with Catherine the Great.^[1]