Inqabileyo enkulu yeso sixeko saseSmolensk yiCathehedral ye-Assumption yeNtombi kaMariya, enokuthiwa yintliziyo yeSmolensk kunye nekhadi layo lokutyelela. Umhla wesiseko we-kedareli ngu-1001, xa uVladimir Monomakh wenza ilitye lokuqala le-kedarela ngokuhlonela uMama kaThixo. I-kedareli yaba yikhumbuzo sokuqala sezakhiwo zokwakha, esasemgangathweni waseSmolensk. I-Holy Dormition Cathedral iyiseSmolensk ngendlela enokubonakala kuyo yonke indawo kwisixeko.
Imbali ye-Assumption Cathedral
Kwimizuzu engaphezu kweyesihlanu kumqolo i-cathedral yayimi ingatshintshi. Kodwa ngo-1611 isixeko saqala ukuzingqinga iPoles. Abakhuseli benqaba abazange bafune ukuthunjwa kweentshaba kwaye, bephakathi kweendonga zeekedridra, baziqhayisa ngokwabo kunye nomkhosi oqhubela phambili otshaba. Iipolisi zanquma ukwakha icawa kwisiza se-cathedral elitshiswayo. Izikhulu zakwaSmolensk nezindlu zazingcwatyelwa phantsi kwe-wreckage ekhoyo. Iingqungquthela zeCherhedral Dormition Cathedral zafunyanwa ngexesha lokuphandwa kwezinto zakudala.
Emva kokuba uSmolensk ekhululwe, uSomolensk waqala ukwakha i-cathedral entsha, eyaqala ngo-1677 kwaye yahlala phantse kangangeminyaka eyi-100, kwada kwa-1772. Umphathi waseMoscow wemicimbi yamatye uAlexey Korolkov wongamela ukulungiswa kwecawa. Wakhela ngokwecebo lakhe kunye nokuqikelelwa, awayekugcina entloko. Kodwa kungekudala enye yeendonga yawa kwaye isakhiwo saqhwa. Kwiminyaka emininzi i-Assumption Cathedral yayingagqibekanga. UKolkov wafa waza wathwala waya ethuneni isicwangciso esicwangcisiweyo sokwakhiwa kwe-Assumption Cathedral. Icala lalinikwa umakhi we-Kiev uAshedel, ekugqibeleni wagqiba i-cathedral yaseSmolensk, wayilungisa. Nangona kunjalo, i-cathedral ayizange ihlale ixesha elide: ngenxa yokutshintsha rhoqo kwiprojekthi kunye noshintsho lwabakhi bezakhiwo, iintloko eziphakathi nentshona ze-kedareli zawa. Kwaye kuphela ngo-1767-1772 phezulu kwabuyiselwa.
Kuze kube ngo-1941 kwi-Cathedral yaseAsumption kwakukho umboniso we-Smolensk Icon kaMama kaThixo "Odigitriya". Nangona kunjalo, emva kokuba amajoni aseJamani aqale ukuhlasela, umfanekiso wawunqabile kwinqanaba elingaziwa.
Kwakhona kwiChhedral ye-Uspenskoy nenye iindawo, apho abahambahambayo bevela kulo lonke ihlabathi badonseleka:
- Ingqungquthela "Imeko ebhokisini", eyadalwa ngowe-1561 kwi-workshop ye-Princess Staritskaya, owayengunina ka-Ivan the Terrible;
- ukubethelwa komsebenzi weV. Vasnetsov;
- i-iconostasis emihlanu eqoshiwe;
- amandla kaMercury kaSmolensk.
I-cathedral yasinda, nangona ixesha kunye neemfazwe, apho kwakufuneka ukuba uhambe ngeSmolensk.
I-Uspensky Cathedral yangoku yakhiwa nje ngasentla kummandla wayo wangaphambili.
Ummandla wendawo yamathandathu ungaphezulu kwe-2000 metres square, ukuphakama kweendonga ngamamitha angama-70. Ukuhlobisa kwangaphakathi kudibanisa isakhiwo sasendulo saseRussia kunye ne-baroque ye-18 leminyaka. Kwinquma yesenyakatho-ntshona ye-kedarta yakhiwa intsimbi yentsimbi, equka iindawo zokuhlala zentsimbi yenkulungwane ye-17.
Ngo-2008-2009 iCathhedral yabuyiselwa: iintsimbi kunye nemibala zabuyiselwa kuye.
Ngo-2010, i-iconostasis yecawa yesikhulu yayikhanyiswa nguMphathiswa wakhe oyiNgcwele oyiKrisll yaseMoscow kunye ne-Russia yonke.
I-Holy Dormition Cathedral yaseSmolensk ine dilesi elandelayo: I-Russia, indawo yeSmolensk, isixeko saseSmolensk, iSoborny Dvor street, indlu 5. Xa u tyelela i-cathedral, ungayikhohlwa ngemithetho yokuziphatha kwiindawo ezingcwele.
I-Assumption Cathedral e-Smolensk yenye yezona zikhulu kunommandla waseRussia Federation. Ukuya kwisixeko esihle kwiDnieper, ungakulibali ukutyelela isikhumbuzo esikhulu esakhiwayo, esinezindlu ezidumileyo, kwaye nanamhlanje iinkonzo zikaThixo. Uya kumangaliswa ubuhle bendawo yangaphakathi kunye namandla okubonakala.