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City news, 09.01.2002 17:24

The last cross has been erected on a dome of the Annunciation Cathedral.

the Annunciation (Blagovezhensky) Cathedral The charity action was held by steeplejacks of the mounting group Orel (“The Eagle”) and helicopter-pilots of the aviation company Rosneftbaltica. They mounted the last, the seventh, cross on the central dome of the Annunciation (Blagovezhensky) Cathedral. The weight of the cross exceeds 300 kilograms.

Photo by N. Polinin, Interpress



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