Chersonesus
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Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson, was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontic
St. Vladimir's Cathedral overlooks the extensive excavations of Chersonesus.
Greek Coin from Chersonesos in Crimea depicting Diotimus wearing the royal diadem r., in exergue, ΧΕΡ ΔΙΟΤΙΜΟΥ Chersonesus in Crimea. 2nd century BCE.
Viktor Vasnetsov: Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir in Korsun.
The Saint Vladimir Cathedral in Chersonesus was built in the 19th century in the Byzantine Revival style.
Chersonesus Cathedral
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The Chersonesus Cathedral, officially Saint Vladimir's Cathedral in Chersonesus or Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral in Chersonesus, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the
Chersonesus
…Episcopatuum; it disappeared after the Turkish conquest in 1475 and the destruction of the city. In the late 19th century, the grand Russian Orthodox St Vladimir's Cathedral (completed 1892) was built on a small hill overlooking the site; designed in Byzantine style, it was intended to commemorate the site of Vladimir's…
Iconostasis in front of the sanctuary
The Bell of Chersonesos with the cathedral in the background