Pinsteps. Temple of Alexander Nevsky in Tallinn
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The upper town did not remain without a Russian Orthodox cathedral, a symbol of power and endless Russian influence over the long years during which Estonia and Tallinn were part of the Russian Empire. The cathedral was built in 1900 in memory of the miraculous survival of Emperor Alexander III in a railway disaster on October 17, 1888. Out of eight proposed locations for the cathedral, the best place was the square in front of the governor's palace (now the parliament building). However, for ideological and political reasons, authorities planned to demolish the cathedral in 1928, during the first period of Estonian independence. The cathedral's active defender was Metropolitan Alexander (Paulus), head of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church, who transferred his seat here from the Transfiguration Cathedral in 1936. At the end of 1936, the cathedral's rector became Archpriest N. Päts, the brother of the President of the Estonian Republic, K. Päts. The cathedral was closed during Estonia's time as part of the Reichskommissariat Ostland of the German Empire.


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