St. Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg is one of the most spectacular cathedrals in the city, which had been made into a museum in the thirties of the 20th century. It is located at 1, Isaakievskaya Ploschad, Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor.
The Soviet era saw the closing down of many cathedrals as worshiping place. The huge edifices were instead used for housing valued artifacts and thus functioned as museums. The St Isaac's Cathedral is one such cathedral to be used as a museum. The cathedral remains closed on Wednesdays.
History of Establishment of St. Isaac's Cathedral Museum
The Central Executive Committee had ordered for the dismissal of the religious body that governed the Saint Isaac's Cathedral's Church.
The official date of the cease of power from the religious congregation was the 18th of June, 1928.The administrative duties were
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henceforth transferred to the Central Administrative Board of Scientific and Artistic Establishments.In 1931, on the 12th of April, the State Anti-religious Museum was officially incorporated as part of the Cathedral museum. This meant that the exhibits of the museum was aimed at upholding atheist values and ideologies, that was one of the chief features of the Communist Party that ruled Soviet Russia. The State Anti-religious Museum in St Isaac's Cathedral was established because of the orders from the Ministry of Public Education.
Inside the St. Isaac's Cathedral Museum
One of the most popular exhibits of the St Isaac's Cathedral Museum is the Foucault's Pendulum. Post 1950s, the Cathedral Museum incorporated many important statues, sculptures, art work and mosaic work. Later, in 1963, it became a part of the Museum of Leningrad History. In 1969, on the request of the City committee of Culture, the Ministry of Culture of RSFSR recognized the St. Isaac's Cathedral Museum as an independent museum in Saint Petersburg.
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