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The Kazan Federal Cathedral (The Cathedral of Kazan Mother of God) built in 1801-1811 by architect Andrei Voronikhin. The cathedral was inactive between 1932 and 1991 and was home to the Religion and Atheism History Museum of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
15.07.1991#6609797

A ceremony to transfer the shrine containing the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov from the vaults of the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg) to the Russian Orthodox Church. Museum Director Stanislav Kuchinsky, fourth left, and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II, center, during the ceremony to transfer the relics to the Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent.
11.01.1991#6687439

The State Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, Leningrad (today's State Museum of the History of Religion). The exposition "Orthodoxy in Russia in the age of feudalism."
15.05.1971#5667139

The Ancient Egypt Hall at the Religion and Atheism Museum of the USSR Ministry of Culture in Leningrad (now State Museum of Religion History).
11.04.1971#5664429

The Burning of Giordano Bruno sculptureat the Religion and Atheism Museum of the USSR Ministry of Culture in Leningrad (now State Museum of Religion History).
11.04.1971#5664426

A collection of metal chains at the Religion and Atheism Museum of the USSR Ministry of Culture in Leningrad (now State Museum of Religion History).
11.04.1971#5664424

Tools od torture of Spanish inquisition of the 16th century: a mask, a pear, a collar a bracelet with thorns. The State Museum of the Religion of History and Atheism of the Soviet Ministry of Culture (currently the State Museum of the History of Religion).
15.12.1970#5667398

Hunger mask - the torture tool of the Spanish Inquisition of the 16th century. The State Museum of the Religion of History and Atheism of the Soviet Culture Ministry (currently, the State Museum of the Religion's History).
15.12.1970#5667396

The Museum of Religion and Atheism, now the State Museum of the History of Religion, at Kazan Cathedral on Pochtamtskaya Street in Leningrad.
01.06.1967#6436380

Leningrad. The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was built in 1801-1811 to a design by architect Andrei Vioronikhin. In 1932, it accommodated the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, and no divine services were held there during that period.
15.07.1965#6043458