The cathedral was erected on the draft V. Stasov in 1829 on the site of an earlier temple, in turn, built at the behest of the Empress Elizabeth to commemorate the accession to the throne e1 via saldat and officers of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. Under the Emperor Paul I, the cathedral received the honorary title of “Cathedral whole Guard.” In 1825-1829 it was rebuilt in its present form after a fire. Architectural classicism style. Cathedral has never been closed for worship. The cathedral was erected on the draft V. Stasov in 1829 on the site of an earlier temple, in turn, built at the behest of the Empress Elizabeth to commemorate the accession to the throne e1 via saldat and officers of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. Under the Emperor Paul I, the cathedral received the honorary title of “Cathedral whole Guard.” In 1825-1829 it was rebuilt in its present form after a fire. Architectural classicism style. Cathedral has never been closed for worship. Back