This route introduces the difficult fate of Syzran's religious buildings. Before the revolution the town had 22 churches, two monasteries, and a theological school. Five old churches have survived to this day, forming a kind of Triangle of Faith. Learn more with Susanin's route.
Tourist Center
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Spasskaya Tower of the Syzran Kremlin
🕵️ Urban legend · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Kozlovsky Monument
🗿 Monument
Memorial Complex
🗿 Sculptures
Church of the Nativity of Christ
🕍 Place of worship
Syzranka River
🔭 Viewpoint
View of the Krymza. Kremlin Embankment
🔭 Viewpoint
Panorama of the Zakrymza Side
🔭 Viewpoint
Kazan Cathedral
🕍 Place of worship
Cannons at the Local History Museum
🏛️ Museum · 🕵️ Urban legend
Bridge over the Krymza
🌉 Bridge
Elijah Church
🕍 Place of worship
Old Pharmacy Building
🕵️ Urban legend
Monastery Embankment from Above
🔭 Viewpoint · 🚶♂️ Waterfront
Ascension Monastery
🕍 Place of worship
Church of the Ascension
🕍 Place of worship
Feodorovskaya Church
🕍 Place of worship
Monastery Embankment from Below
🚶♂️ Waterfront
Point 5
🕍 Place of worship
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ is an architectural monument of federal significance. For more than a century, until the Kazan Cathedral was built in 1872, it was Syzran's main cathedral church. The merchant and landowner Alexei Kandalaev made a major contribution to restoring the church after the fire of 1728.
Construction began in 1717. The cathedral was consecrated in 1741. The Church of the Nativity of Christ was closed in the late 1920s amid the campaign against the church; its icons and other property were plundered at the same time. In Soviet times the church was used for various utilitarian purposes and then abandoned altogether. Only in 1998, after the church was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church, did its revival begin.
The cathedral is built of large ocher-colored brick laid in lime mortar, with walls 120–140 centimeters (4–4.6 feet) thick. The cathedral's original appearance is unknown, because in the 1730s its exterior was substantially altered, using decorative forms and details of Moscow (17th-century) and classical architecture in their provincial interpretation and execution. But even this version of the building has not survived. After the cathedral was turned into a prison church, all its architectural forms and details were hacked off and the smooth walls plastered over.
Point on route “Orthodox Syzran, or the Triangle of Faith”
Point 5
🕍 Place of worship
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ is an architectural monument of federal significance. For more than a century, until the Kazan Cathedral was built in 1872, it was Syzran's main cathedral church. The merchant and landowner Alexei Kandalaev made a major contribution to restoring the church after the fire of 1728.
Construction began in 1717. The cathedral was consecrated in 1741. The Church of the Nativity of Christ was closed in the late 1920s amid the campaign against the church; its icons and other property were plundered at the same time. In Soviet times the church was used for various utilitarian purposes and then abandoned altogether. Only in 1998, after the church was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church, did its revival begin.
The cathedral is built of large ocher-colored brick laid in lime mortar, with walls 120–140 centimeters (4–4.6 feet) thick. The cathedral's original appearance is unknown, because in the 1730s its exterior was substantially altered, using decorative forms and details of Moscow (17th-century) and classical architecture in their provincial interpretation and execution. But even this version of the building has not survived. After the cathedral was turned into a prison church, all its architectural forms and details were hacked off and the smooth walls plastered over.
18 points
5 km
4 hours
