Memorial Chapel of St. Alexander Nevsky
(1883, Moiseevskaya Square, now Manege Square, Moscow)

Chapel of Alexander Nevsky was in Moscow in Moiseevskaya Square (now – Manege Square), in front of the hotel "National", at the corner of Tverskaya and Moss streets.
It was built during 1882 - 1883 years. The monument was solemnly consecrated in November 1883 in honor the fifth anniversary of the capture of Plevna.
The author of the project of the chapel in memory of the victims of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877 – 1878 - the architect D. Chichagov.

Description of the monument:

The chapel was built in the form of a cast iron pyramid, which was associated with the "Egyptian style». The steepled chapel with a cross on its top was decorated with compositions of military armors. There were three inputs in the chapel. From the north and the south of it there were paired pillars, crowned with  double-headed eagles. Inside of the chapel there was the image of St. Alexander Nevsky.
The income from the chapel was used for the maintenance of the Aleksandrovskoe shelter for the crippled soldiers of the Russian-Turkish war in the village of Vsehsvaytskaay.
In October 1922, the chapel was destroyed. It took place in the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the October Revolution.

Chapel of Alexander Nevsky  in Moscow was the first church building, which was demolished by the Soviet regime.

Photo: Romanuyk S. Chapel of Alexander Nevsky. / / Moscow. The Losses. - M: PTI "Center", 1992.