St George's Church, Kokshetau, Orthodox church in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan.
St George's Church was a log-built Orthodox church whose base formed an irregular hexagon, topped by a cupola on an octagonal drum. It stood on the northeastern slope of Bukpa Hill before being dismantled in 1875 and moved to the central square of Kokshetau.
Construction took place between 1846 and 1847, with the building receiving its consecration in 1851. It was later moved to the public square in 1875 before falling into disuse during Soviet times.
The church functioned as the primary religious center for the Orthodox community in Kokshetau until its transformation into a museum in January 1940.
The church no longer exists: it was demolished in 1940, so there is nothing left to visit at the site. After the 1875 move it stood in the centre of Kokshetau at the crossing of the former Georgiyevskaya (Tserkovnaya) street, today Kenesary and Dzerzhinsky streets. A chapel was later put up on the original slope of Bukpa Hill, at the corner of Srednyaya (Kudaibergenov) and Gornaya (Vavilov) streets, and a cross procession came there each year on 23 April.
After serving as a warehouse during the Soviet anti-religious campaigns, the structure met its end through demolition in 1940.
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