Ukukhangwa okuyinhloko kwedolobha laseSmolensk yiCathhedral ye-Assumption ye-Blessed Virgin Mary, okufanelekile kuthiwa yinhliziyo kaSmolensk nekhadi layo elivakashelayo. Usuku lokuqala lwesonto lombhishobhi lingu-1001, lapho uVladimir Monomakh enza ilitshe lokuqala le-cathedral ngokuhlonishwa kwe-Assumption kaMama kaNkulunkulu. I-cathedral yaba yisikhumbuzo sokuqala sezakhiwo ezinkulu, esisezweni laseSmolensk. I-Holy Dormition Cathedral i-Smolensk ngendlela yokuthi ibonakale kusuka noma ikuphi edolobheni.
Umlando we-Assumption Cathedral
Emakhulwini angaphezu kwamahlanu emlandeni i-cathedral yayimi ingashintshi. Kodwa ngo-1611 umuzi waqala ukuvimbezela amaPoles. Abazivikeli benqaba abazange bafune ukuthunjwa kwesitha futhi, bebe phakathi kwezindonga ze-cathedral, bazikhandla ngokwabo kanye nebutho eliqhubekayo lesitha. AmaPoles anquma ukwakha isonto endaweni yesonto eliphakeme elishisayo. Izikhulu nezinqaba zakwaSmolensk zangcwatshwa ngaphansi kwe-wreckage esele. Izingcezu zeChethralral egcwele i-Holy Dormition zatholakala ngesikhathi sokucwaningwa kwezinto zakudala.
Ngemva kokuba uSmolensk ekhululiwe, uSmolensk waqala ukwakha ikhishofa elisha, elaqala ngo-1677 futhi lahlala cishe iminyaka eyikhulu, kwaze kwaba ngu-1772. Inkosi yaseMoscow yezindaba zamatshe u-Alexey Korolkov iqondise ukwakhiwa kwesonto. Wakhela ngokusho kwecebo lakhe nokulinganisa, lokho ayekugcina ekhanda lakhe. Kodwa maduzane enye yezindonga yawa futhi isakhiwo sasineqhwa. Kwaphela iminyaka eminingi i-Assumption Cathedral yayingapheli. UKorkov wafa wahamba naye waya ethuneni uhlelo oluhlelwe ukwakhiwa kwe-Assumption Cathedral. Leli cala laliphathiswe umklami waseKiev A. Shedel, owagcina eseqedile i-cathedral yaseSmolensk, washintsha kancane kancane. Kodwa-ke, i-cathedral ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside: ngenxa yezinguquko eziqhubekayo kuphrojekthi kanye nokuguqulwa kwabadwebi, amakhanda asezindaweni eziphakathi nasentshonalanga ye-cathedral aphela. Futhi kuphela ngo-1767-1772 phezulu kwabuyiselwa.
Kwaze kwafika ngo-1941 e-Assumption Cathedral kwakukhona umboniso we-Smolensk Icon kaMama kaNkulunkulu "Odigitriya". Nokho, ngemuva kokuba amabutho aseJalimane aqale ukuhlasela, lesi sithombe sanyamalala ngesiqondiso esingaziwa.
Futhi ematendeni ase-Uspenskoy kukhona amanye amathempeli, lapho abahambeli abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba bebanjwa khona:
- Shroud "Isimo ebhokisini", esakhiwe ngo-1561 emhlanganweni weChristina Staritskaya, owayengunina ka-Ivan the Terrible;
- ukubethelwa komsebenzi kaV. Vasnetsov;
- i-iconostasis eqoshiwe emihlanu;
- amandla kaMercury waseSmolensk.
I-cathedral yasinda, naphezu kwesikhathi kanye nezimpi, lapho kwakudingeka khona ngokusebenzisa iSmolensk.
I-Uspensky Cathedral yamanje yakhiwa nje enyakatho yendawo yayo yangaphambili.
Indawo yendawo yamasonto ingaphezu kwamamitha ayisishiyagalolunye ama-square, ukuphakama kwezindonga ngamamitha angu-70. Ukuhlobisa kwangaphakathi kuhlanganisa izakhiwo zasendulo zaseRussia kanye ne-baroque yekhulu le-18. Ekhoneni lasenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-cathedral lakhiwa umbhoshongo wensimbi, ohlanganisa izinsalela ze-bell tower yekhulu le-17.
Ngo-2008-2009 iCathhedral yavuselelwa: izinsimbi kanye nemibala babuyiselwa kuye.
Ngo-2010, i-iconostasis ye-cathedral yanyanyiswa nguMbhishobhi Wakhe Oyingcwele uChilll waseMoscow no-All Russia.
I-Holy Dormition Cathedral eSmolensk inekheli elilandelayo: eRussia, esifundeni saseSmolensk, idolobha laseSmolensk, iSoborny Dvor street, indlu 5. Uma uvakashela i-cathedral, ungakhohlwa ngemithetho yokuziphatha ezindaweni ezingcwele.
I-Assumption Cathedral eSmolensk ingenye yezinkulu kakhulu ensimini yeRussian Federation. Ukuya edolobheni elimangalisayo ku-Dnieper, ungakhohlwa ukuvakashela lesi sikhumbuzo esikhulu sezakhiwo, esinezindlu ezidumile, kuze kube yilolu suku kukhona izinsizakalo zaphezulu. Uyomangala ngobuhle bendawo yangaphakathi namandla okubukeka.