Odigitrievsky Cathedral

St. Odigitrievsky Cathedral is an Orthodox church, a monument of architecture of the Siberian Baroque of the middle of the 18th century in Transbaikalia.

The overall composition of the cathedral is three-part, symmetrical, with the components of the building strictly along the longitudinal axis from the west to east.

The quadrangle is covered with a closed vault, crowned with a high dome without a roof and a light two-tiered lantern.

The decoration of the platbands is interesting by combining traditional Old Russian forms of the previous wooden cult architecture with Baroque elements.

The upper summer chapel in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the mother of God Odigitria was consecrated on May 3, 1785, by Bishop Mikhail.

At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, parochial schools were opened in 20 villages assigned to the parish of the cathedral.

On September 6, 1929, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Buryat-Mongolian ASSR issued a decree on the closure of the cathedral due to “the refusal of Odigitrievsk society of Believers to repair the temple”.

Construction personnel courses were organized in the church building, and since the end of 1935, an Anti-religious museum has been located in the cathedral.