Voznesensky Troops Cathedral
Troop Ascension Cathedral is the main Orthodox church of the Don Cossacks, located in Novocherkassk. It is the third largest in Russia after Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior and St. Petersburg’s St. Isaac’s Cathedral. The Church of the Ascension can be seen from afar, it is well viewed from the rivers Tuzlov and Aksai, which wash the upland where Novocherkassk is located. The bell tower rises up to 74.7 meters, and the sides of the cathedral stretch to 62 and 70 meters. Simultaneously at the service in the Ascension Cathedral can be attended by 5 thousand people. Here rest the remains of the Don atamans M. I. Platov, V. V. Orlov-Denisov, I. E. Efremov, Y. P. Baklanov.
