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the domes of the Upper Cathedral of the Savior
The Terem Palace in the Kremlin-Moscow (Russia) contains three main churches. The Upper Cathedral of the Savior was built by Bazhen Ogurtsov, Antip Konstantinov, Trefil Sharutin and Larion Ushakov in 1635-6, during the reign of Mikhail Feodorovich, over the Tsarina's Golden Room. This church was the domestic chapel of the male member of the Tsarist family and the Church of St Catherine served as the private chapel of the Tsarinas and princesses. A third chapel, the Church of the Nativity of Lazarus, dates back to 1393 and is one of the oldest remaining original churches in the Kremlin complex. Between 1680 and 1681, all these churches were united under a single roof, decorated with eleven elegant gilt cupolas on brightly tiled slender drums. 1985-08-21.
