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      🏛 Church of Alexander Nevsky in Ust-Izhora

      Усть-Ижора, Шлиссельбургское ш., 44

      A late 18th-century church at the mouth of the Izhora, where the Battle of the Neva took place in 1240; a chapel and a monument to Nevsky stand by its walls.

      Church of Alexander Nevsky in Ust-Izhora
      © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Church of Alexander Nevsky in Ust-Izhora
      © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The first, wooden Church of Alexander Nevsky was built here by decree of Peter the Great in 1711–1712.
      • The present stone church was built in 1798–1799 after a lightning fire; the architects are thought to be the Neelovs.
      • A 4.4-tonne bell was cast for the church.
      • At the start of the Siege, sappers blew up the bell tower so it wouldn't serve as a landmark for enemy artillery; in 1962 the dome collapsed.
      • Restoration began in 1987 with enthusiasts from NIIEFA; it was returned to believers on 15 July 1990, for the 750th anniversary of the battle.
      • The memorial chapel with a 9.7-metre bronze bust of Nevsky was consecrated in 2002.

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      • Rybatskoye and Ust-Izhora: villages on the Neva

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