Our-Saviour-on-the-Spilt-Blood Cathedral has many characteristics of a typical and traditional Russian Cathedral. It has golden domes, colored domes and crosses. If you look carefully you will notice many things simillar to that of Moscow's, St. Basils Cathedral. Apparently St. Basils Cathedral was used largely as a model for this cathedral. I was amazed at the elaborate and intrigate deatail on this building. Be sure to walk around all four sides of the Cathedral. All sides offer different works of art. And simply that is what this is, A fine work of art.

I found outside, many tour groups waiting to get inside the Cathedral. I believe several of the groups were from Italy. The wait was long and I did not have much time, so much to my disappointment, I was not able to view the interior. Though Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral will always hold the first spot in my heart, the Cathedral of the Resurrection follows closely behind.

The church is a fabulous multi-colored, traditional Russian style church, decorated inside & out w/ intricate tiled mosaics. Looking up into the cupolas, you can see the faces of Christ or Mary looking down on you, as if from heaven. Not to be missed. I enjoyed it more even than St. Basil's in Moscow.