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Chesme Church is a small
Russian Orthodox church in
Saint Petersburg, Russia. Built by the Russian court architect
Yury Felten in 1780, at the direction of
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, it was erected to commemorate the anniversary of Russia's 1770 victory over Turkish forces at the
Battle of Chesma, during the
Russo-Turkish War of 1768 to 1774. The church and the adjoining Chesme Palace were the earliest Neo-Gothic constructions in the St Petersburg area. Considered by some to be Saint Petersburg's single most impressive church, it is a rare example of very early
Gothic Revival influence in Russian church architecture. This photograph shows the facade of the Chesme Church in 2012.
Photograph credit: Alexander Savin
