PALACE REPLACES CHURCH
SOVIET ANTI-RELIGIOUS PLAN. FAMOUS CHURCH TO DISAPPEAR. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Moscow, July 6. The largest church in Moscow, the golden-donied Cathedral of the Redeemer, will shortly be demolished in accordance with a plan to erect on the site a Palace of the Soviets to accommodate Congresses of the Communist Party and trades unions. Tho cathedral will share the fate of numerous churches throughout Russia, which have been demolished or converted into anti-religious museums or workers’ clubs.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1931, Page 7
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