The Transfiguration Cathedral

The Transfiguration Cathedral, located in Chernihiv, is the oldest surviving monuments of ancient Russian architecture. The temple, which later became the main one in the city and the principality, was laid by Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich in about 1030-34. Here are buried the legendary Prince Igor Seversky, as well as Igor Chernigovsky and other historical figures.

The cathedral, rebuilt after a fire in the mid-18th century, has survived quite well to the present day.

The facade of the five-headed eight-pillar temple is lined with elegant brickwork and decorated with pilasters. The interior of the cathedral is distinguished by severity and solemnity. About its rich decoration say the remains of frescoes, columns, carved floor slabs, choirs.

This valuable example of the Byzantine-Kiev architectural school of the 1st half of the 11th century played an important role in the formation of temple construction of the pre-Mongol era.