🏛 Church of Nicholas and Alexandra at the Putilov Plant

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A factory church of the early 20th century, built for the workers of the Putilov Plant.

The church took five years to build from 1901, funded by deductions from workers' wages — 2% of earnings.
The design is by the civil engineer Vasily Kosyakov; the church has two floors, the upper one consecrated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In 1907 the remains of Nikolai Putilov were moved to the church crypt, although he had willed to be buried on Gladky Island.
In 1922 parishioners resisted the confiscation of church valuables with weapons in hand.
In 1925 the church was closed and rebuilt as a Constructivist-style club.

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