The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was designed by architect is Oleg Kopylov.
Standing at 70 meters high, the temple was built in the style of church architecture in the duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal.
In 1996, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Metropolitan Kirill brought a capsule with earth taken from Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral.
The lower church in the name of the Holy Face of Our Saviour was consecrated on September 27, 2007 by Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad Kirill (Gundyaev).
In July 2010 near the cathedral a new small church was opened, established in the same style and dedicated to Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom.