The St. Petersburg diocese asked the city government to hand the cathedral back to the Church ... until 1871 and was then turned over to the Interior Ministry of the Russian Empire.

St. Isaac's Cathedral possesses an imposing exterior presence with its single massive dome, but you'll also want to check out its opulent interior ... views of St. Petersburg (a must, according ...

MOSCOW, April 28. /TASS/. The status of the Patriarchal Cathedral that St Petersburg’s landmark Cathedral of St Isaac may get after its transfer to the administrative control of the Russian ...