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The
Chesme Church
is a small
Russian Orthodox
church
in
Saint Petersburg
, Russia. Built by the Russian court architect
Yury Felten
in 1780, at the direction of
Catherine the Great
,
Empress of Russia
, it was erected to commemorate the anniversary of Russia's 1770
victory
over
Turkish
forces in Chesme Bay during the
Russo-Turkish War
of 1768–1774.
Photo:
A.Savin
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