Preparations for the demolition of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (1931)

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior with its domes removed.

Architectural details.

A gaping bell on the ground.

A worker is knocking frescoes off the walls of the cathedral.

Workers are removing and hauling away marble slabs.

Slabs with remnants of inscriptions in Old Church Slavonic.

Panorama of the dismantled cathedral.

Slabs, architectural details on the ground near the cathedral.

The cathedral with its stained glass windows removed, without its domes.

Removing a sculpture of an angel.

Broken sculptures on the ground.

The cathedral interior is being dismantled, and marble slabs are being loaded into the back of a truck.