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Cathedral court in Veliky Ustyug, Orthodox cathedral complex in Veliky Ustyug, Russia.

The Cathedral Court in Veliky Ustyug is a religious complex with multiple church buildings arranged around a central courtyard. The structures display typical Russian Orthodox architectural features including ornate domes, decorative stonework, and intricately designed facades.

The first wooden Dormition cathedral was built in 1290, during the lifetime of Procopius of Ustyug, who lived on its porch. A stone cathedral replaced it in 1619–1622, the town's first stone building, but it burned in 1631 and was dismantled. The present building was raised between 1639 and 1658 and repeatedly rebuilt; from 1682 to 1788 it served as the cathedral of the Veliky Ustyug and Totma eparchy and holds the graves of bishops.

The cathedral is dedicated to the Dormition of Mary, and the veneration of the Ustyug Annunciation icon began in the former Annunciation church annexed to it. The iconostasis survived the 1929 closure thanks to protests by the local museum led by N. G. Bekryashev. The walls preserve images of bishops buried here.

The cathedral stands on the high left bank of the Sukhona in the old Sobornoe dvorishche quarter, reachable on foot from the town centre. The two-part bell tower with its spire and cupola rises to the east of the main cube. The building served as a warehouse from the 1930s until 1976, and restoration by the Veliky Ustyug museum-reserve began in the 1980s.

The cathedral's iconostasis survived the Soviet closure of 1929 only because the local museum's director, N. G. Bekryashev, protested sharply when the authorities tried to break it up for its gold. In January 1930 the largest bell, named Varlaam, was thrown from the bell tower and smashed for scrap.

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