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Russia will complete construction of a giant Orthodox mosaic with mosaics depicting Vladimir Putin and Yosif Stalin on May 9, according to France-based BTA.
The temple is expected to be ready for the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The temple is located on the territory of the Patriot Military Park near Moscow and will be called the Main Temple of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The mosaics inside the temple represent Russian leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Soviet leader Yosif Stalin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
Another mosaic in the temple has an image labeled “Crimea is ours,” a phrase in common use after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.
The height of the temple is almost one hundred meters, and it will be crowned with six golden domes. The church will be the third largest Orthodox church in Russia, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry told France.
The temple bell tower will be 75 meters high in honor of the 75th anniversary of victory in World War II. In addition to the USSR’s victory over Nazi Germany, other victories for Russian weapons were glorified in the temple, the Defense Ministry said.
Historian Sergei Brun criticized the church’s project in an article for the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, saying it was a “parody of Russian history” and emphasized that it is paradoxical to have an image of Stalin in charge of persecuting the clergy. During his reign. However, the Russian Orthodox Church said that Stalin ruled the country during his victory over the Third Reich.
The Artistic Council for the construction of the cathedral will decide whether to have a mosaic with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, taking into account the opinion of the head of state, the president of the Synod Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces told TASS today. and the security forces. Moscow Patriarchate Bishop Klinsky Stefan (Privalov).
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on April 26 that Putin knew about the mosaic with his image, but thought it was too early for his work to receive such an evaluation.
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