List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

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This is a list of tallest Orthodox church buildings in the world, all those higher than 70 metres.

Traditionally, an Orthodox church building is crowned by one or several domes with Orthodox crosses on the top of each. The overall height of the temple is measured by the highest point of the cross above the main temple.

The number of domes on individual churches often serve a symbolic purpose. One dome is a symbol of Christ or God, three domes are symbolic of Trinity, five domes symbolize Christ and Four Evangelists, seven domes reference the seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, and thirteen domes correspond to Christ and his twelve Apostles. Other numbers are also encountered.

An Orthodox church building may also have a bell tower or zvonnitsa, either a part of the main church building, or standalone structure. Typically, a bell tower is higher than the main temple.

This list is divided into two sections, one listing the highest temples and the other listing the highest bell towers or zvonnitsas.

Churches and cathedrals

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! Height (m)

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! Image

! Notes

! Years of
construction

! City

!Country

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| align="center" |127{{pb}}(135 m when the cross is installed) {{Cite web |title=În ce stadiu se află Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului, monumentala construcție care a costat până acum 185 de milioane de euro. Se muncește din greu la mozaicul venețian |url=https://observatornews.ro/exclusiv-observator/in-ce-stadiu-se-afla-catedrala-mantuirii-neamului-monumentala-constructie-care-a-costat-pana-acum-185-de-milioane-de-eurose-munceste-din-greu-la-mozaicul-venetian-478195.html |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Observator |language=RO}}

| align="center" |People's Salvation Cathedral

| align="center" |150x150px

| align="center" |It is the tallest (127m), longest (126m) and largest (by volume (323,000 m3) and area (7,200 m2)) Orthodox church building in the world. It is located in central Bucharest, facing the same courtyard as the Romanian Parliament Building.

| align="center" |2010–present

| align="center" |Bucharest

{{ROM}}
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|122.5

| align="center" |Peter and Paul Cathedral

| align="center" | 100px

|Three-level bell tower is a part of the church. It is crowned with a gilded spire. The figure of a flying angel is at the very top of the structure

|1712–1733

|Saint Petersburg

|{{RUS}}

align="center" |3

| align="center" |103.4[http://www.vidania.ru/temple/temple_moscow/hss19_osnovnye_razmery_hrama.html Основные размеры Храма Христа Спасителя] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The original Cathedral had been built in 1839–1883, but was demolished during the Soviet period on Stalin's orders in 1931. Rebuilt once again, it is the main cathedral and second largest church building of the Russian Orthodox Church, having a capacity for some 10,000 people

| align="center" |1995–2000

| align="center" |Moscow

{{RUS}}
align="center" |4

| align="center" |101.5[http://www.cathedral.ru/arhitektura Исаакиевский собор] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206201550/http://www.cathedral.ru/arhitektura |date=6 December 2010 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Saint Isaac's Cathedral

| align="center" |125px

| align="center" |A masterpiece of late Classicism{{pb}}The largest church building in Russia (both by volume and area). Second largest Orthodox church building in the world (by volume{{Cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/cluj-napoca/foto-catedrala-mantuirii-neamului-fata-fata-cele-mai-mari-mai-frumoase-biserici-lume-1_5bfac1b6df52022f75cc5f01/index.html|title=FOTO Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului, faţă în faţă cu cele mai mari şi mai frumoase biserici din lume|date=25 November 2018|website=adevarul.ro|language=en|access-date=4 October 2019}} and by area{{Cite web|url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2019/01/04/biggest-cathedral-in-the-middle-east-to-be-inaugurated-in-new-administrative-capital/|title=Biggest Cathedral in the Middle East to be Inaugurated in New Administrative Capital|date=4 January 2019|website=Egyptian Streets|language=en-US|access-date=4 October 2019}}).

| align="center" |1818–1858

| align="center" |Saint Petersburg

{{RUS}}
align="center" |5

| align="center" |96[http://dvmolodo.ru/node/157 Спасо-Преображенский кафедральный собор в Хабаровске] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Khabarovsk Metropolitan Cathedral

| align="center" |100px

| align="center" |The location of the cathedral was chosen by the patriarch Alexis II of Moscow during the helicopter flight over Khabarovsk

| align="center" |2001–2004

| align="center" |Khabarovsk

{{RUS}}
align="center" |6

| align="center" |95

| align="center" |Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces

| align="center" |File:Main_temple_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces1.jpg

| align="center" |

| align="center" |2018-2020

| align="center" |Odintsovsky District

| align="center" |{{RUS}}

align="center" |7

| align="center" |93.7[http://www.cathedral.ru/arhitektura2 Музей четырёх соборов] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104314/http://www.cathedral.ru/arhitektura2 |date=16 July 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Smolny Cathedral of the Resurrection

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |The original project also included the 140-metre-high standalone bell tower, that was never built

| align="center" |1751–1835

| align="center" |Saint Petersburg

{{RUS}}
align="center" |8

| align="center" |90.5[http://www.banatulmeu.ro/catedrala-mitropolitana-timisoara-isi-serbeaza-hramul-istoric/ Catedrala Mitropolitană Timișoara] {{in lang|ro}}

| align="center" |Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral

| align="center" |125x125px

| align="center" |Located in the very center of the city. The second tallest church in Romania

| align="center" |1934–1946

| align="center" |Timișoara

{{ROU}}
align="center" |9

| align="center" |87.1Nave+Cross= 87.1 m. The height of bottom floor (underground chapel) is 13.1 m. There is some dispute over the height of the top cross. The look of relief will be calculated as a whole, not just a small part. The eastern side is raised and lowered in the west (River Kura). We have 80% of the side "level ground", and 20% "slope". These 20% are leveled with the rest of the territory. This case is similar to the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow (the height of bottom floor is 17 from River Moscow). In this case the height bottom floor, not be taken into account.

| align="center" |Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi

| align="center" |100px

| align="center" |The main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church

| align="center" |1995–2002

| align="center" |Tbilisi

{{GEO}}
align="center" |10

| align="center" |87[http://www.nne.ru/parish.php?id=291 Собор Александра Невского] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812105041/http://www.nne.ru/parish.php?id=291 |date=12 August 2009 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Alexander Nevsky Novoyarmarochny Cathedral

| align="center" |100px

| align="center" |Located on the spit of Oka and Volga rivers. Built in commemoration of the visit of Nizhny Novgorod Fair by Emperor Alexander II of Russia

| align="center" |1867–1880

| align="center" |Nizhny Novgorod

{{RUS}}
align="center" |11

| align="center" |85:ro:Catedrala Sfânta Treime din Baia Mare Catedrala_Sfânta_Treime_din_Baia_Mare {{in lang|ro}}

| align="center" |Saint Trinity Cathedral in Baia Mare

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Tallest cathedral in Maramureș, Romania

| align="center" |2003–

| align="center" |Baia Mare

{{ROU}}
align="center" |12

| align="center" |85[http://www.regnum.ru/news/1222919.html Названа дата официального открытия Благовещенского собора в Воронеже] ИА "Regnum" 9 November 2009 г. {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Annunciation Cathedral in Voronezh

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |Built in the Russian Revival style in Pervomaysky (former City) Garden – a place where never before was the church

| align="center" |1998–2009

| align="center" |Voronezh

{{RUS}}
align="center" |13

| align="center" |82[http://basilica.ro/catedrala-din-suceava-a-fost-sfintita/ Catedrala din Suceava a fost sfinţită] {{in lang|ro}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of the Nativity

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Located in Mărășești-Zamca neighbourhood, near the city center. The tallest cathedral in the Moldavia region.

| align="center" |1991–2015

| align="center" |Suceava

{{ROU}}
align="center" |14

| align="center" |81[http://www.petersburghotels.ru/guides/sights/spasnakrovi.htm Храм Воскресения Христова на Крови] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Church of the Savior on Blood

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The name refers to the blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was assassinated on that site in 1881. Also known as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ

| align="center" |1883–1907

| align="center" |Saint Petersburg

{{RUS}}
align="center" |15-16

| align="center" |80[http://www.stroj-materialy.ru/about/news/detail.php?ID=6253 Троице-Измайловский собор] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306191456/http://www.stroj-materialy.ru/about/news/detail.php?ID=6253 |date=6 March 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The dome was reconstructed after the 2006 fire

| align="center" |1828–1835

| align="center" |Saint Petersburg

{{RUS}}
align="center" |15-16

| align="center" |80[http://sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=3884 Харьков. Кафедральный собор Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000724/http://sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=3884|date=28 September 2011}} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |In 1997 a fire damaged the dome and the cross of the bell tower

| align="center" |1888–1901

| align="center" |Kharkiv

|{{UKR}}

align="center" |17

| align="center" |79[http://www.hramsvetogsave.com/Hram/ser/Izgradnja/Arhitektura.htm Храм светог Саве] {{in lang|sr}}

| align="center" |Church of Saint Sava

| align="center" |125x125px

| align="center" |Located on the place where the remains of Saint Sava are thought to have been burned in 1595 by the Ottoman Empire's Sinan Pasha

| align="center" |1935–2004

| align="center" |Belgrade

{{SRB}}
align="center" |18

| align="center" |78[http://pskovtravel.narod.ru/trinity_cathedral.htm Троицкий собор в Псковском Кремле.] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Trinity Cathedral in Pskov

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Located in the Pskov Krom (or Kremlin)

| align="center" |1682–1699

| align="center" |Pskov

{{RUS}}
align="center" |19

| align="center" |78{{cite web|url=https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/architecture/worlds-tallest-wooden-church-sapanta-peri-monastery-219288|title=World's tallest wooden church: Săpânța-Peri Monastery|website=www.worldrecordacademy.org|date=June 14, 2019|access-date=January 3, 2024}}

| align="center" |Săpânța-Peri Monastery

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Tallest wooden church in the world

| align="center" |1998–2003

| align="center" |Săpânța

{{ROU}}
align="center" |20

| align="center" |77[http://www.sobor2009.ru/print/243887/index.html Собор Спаса Преображения] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Transfiguration Cathedral in Nikolo-Ugresh monastery

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The monastery was often visited by the young Peter I of Russia. The cathedral is the main one in the monastery and has a space for some 7000 people.

| align="center" |1880–1894

| align="center" |Dzerzhinsky

{{RUS}}
align="center" |21

| align="center" |76[http://ug.rian.ru/culture/20080423/81671107.html Собор Казанской иконы Божией Матери (Ставрополь)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120717005356/http://ug.rian.ru/culture/20080423/81671107.html |date=17 July 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in Stavropol

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Located at the highest point of the city.

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Stavropol

{{RUS}}
align="center" |22

| align="center" |75.6[http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=tambov&page=20 Свято-Троицкий собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Trinity Cathedral in Morshansk

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |

| align="center" |1836–1857

| align="center" |Morshansk

{{RUS}}
align="center" |23

| align="center" |75[http://russian-temples.ru/articles/uspenskiy-sobor-v-astrahani.html Успенский собор в Астрахани] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Dormition Cathedral in Astrakhan

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Located inside the Astrakhan kremlin

| align="center" |1698

| align="center" |Astrakhan

{{RUS}}
align="center" |24

| align="center" |74.6[http://www.novochgrad.ru/sights.php?id=67 Вознесенский кафедральный собор] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005181750/http://www.novochgrad.ru/sights.php?id=67 |date=5 October 2008 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Ascension Cathedral in Novocherkassk

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |Cathedral of the Don Cossacks Army[http://www.ruschudo.ru/miracles/930/ Чудеса России. Вознесенский Войсковой Кафедральный собор] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104150825/http://www.ruschudo.ru/miracles/930/ |date=4 November 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |1805–1905

| align="center" |Novocherkassk

{{RUS}}
align="center" |25–26

| align="center" |74[http://news.sobor.by/kupola_vseh_sviatyh.htm Храм – Памятник в честь Всех Святых в память безвинно убиенных во Отечестве нашем]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |All Saints Monument Church

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Monument Church dedicated to All Saints and the memory of those who unjustly perished[http://news.sobor.by/foto.php?cont=kupola_vseh_sviatyh Всехсвятский храм-памятник] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163142/http://news.sobor.by/foto.php?cont=kupola_vseh_sviatyh |date=6 July 2011 }}{{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Minsk

{{BLR}}
align="center" |25–26

| align="center" |74[http://sobory.narod.ru/lipetsk/eletsk/00331_elets_voznes.htm Елец. Вознесенский собор.] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Ascension Cathedral in Yelets

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Inside the cathedral there is a rich iconostasis with gilded wood carvings

| align="center" |1845–1889

| align="center" |Yelets

{{RUS}}
align="center" |27

| align="center" |73[http://www.pravoslavie.ru/news/18399.htm Собор Христа Спасителя в Калининграде] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Kaliningrad

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Located on the central square of the city

| align="center" |2004–2006

| align="center" |Kaliningrad

{{RUS}}
align="center" |28

| align="center" |72[http://ave.ck.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=80 Свято-Михайловский Собор] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812021448/http://ave.ck.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34&Itemid=80 |date=12 August 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |St. Michael's Cathedral in Cherkasy

| align="center" |125x125px

| align="center" |Built in the Neo-Byzantine style, 136 metres tall belfry under construction

| align="center" |1994–2002

| align="center" |Cherkasy

{{UKR}}
align="center" |29

| align="center" |71.5[http://walkspb.ru/zd/kazanskiy_sobor.html Казанский собор в Санкт-Петербурге] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |According to the wishes of the Emperor Paul of Russia, the cathedral was modelled after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

| align="center" |1801–1811

| align="center" |Saint Petersburg

{{RUS}}
align="center" |30

| align="center" |70.6[http://www.spbin.ru/encyclopedia/suburbs/kronstadt_temple.htm Морской Никольский собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The cathedral was designed especially high to serve as a landmark for those in the sea

| align="center" |1902–1913

| align="center" |Kronstadt

{{RUS}}
align="center" |31-33

| align="center" |70[http://www.deferlari.ro/2011/02/megaconstructii-catedrala-inaltarea.html] {{in lang|ro}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of the Lord's Ascension, Bacău

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |Still in construction

| align="center" |1991–

| align="center" |Bacău

{{ROU}}
align="center" |31-33

| align="center" |70[http://sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=00775 Ижевск. Кафедральный собор Александра Невского] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000803/http://sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=00775|date=28 September 2011}} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |Built in the style of classicism

| align="center" |1818–1823

| align="center" |Izhevsk

|{{RUS}}

align="center" |31-33

| align="center" |~ 70[http://www.peterhof.ru/?m=18&p=187 Собор Петра и Павла] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral in Peterhof

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |Modelled after St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, but has a more pyramidal form

| align="center" |1894–1904

| align="center" |Peterhof

{{RUS}}

Bell towers

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! Height (m)

! width="40px"|Name

! Image

! Notes

! Years of
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align="center"|1

| align="center"|122,5[http://walkspb.ru/zd/petrop_sobor.html Петропавловский собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Peter and Paul Cathedral

| align="center"|80px

| align="center"|The three-level bell tower is part of the church. It is crowned with a gilded spire. The figure of a flying angel is at the very top of the structure.

| align="center"|1712–1733

| align="center"|Saint Petersburg
{{RUS}}

align="center"|2

| align="center"|116[http://ryb.ru/2009/08/01/9308 Спасо-Преображенский собор]

| align="center"|Transfiguration Cathedral in Rybinsk

| align="center"|90px

| align="center"|Five-storey bell tower crowned by a gilded spire.

| align="center"|1797–1804

| align="center"|Rybinsk
{{RUS}}

align="center"|3

| align="center"|107[http://rg.ru/2014/08/31/reg-cfo/kirill.html В Тамбове патриарх освятил самую высокую колокольню ]

| align="center"|Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan

| align="center"|100px

| align="center"| Tallest Christian structure in the Central Federal District of Russia.

| align="center"|2009–2011[http://www.eparhia-tmb.ru/2011/07/27/na-kolokolnyu-kazanskogo-monastyrya-ustanovlen-pozolochennyj-krest/ На колокольню Казанского монастыря в Тамбове установлен позолоченный крест | Тамбовская митрополия] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001323/http://www.eparhia-tmb.ru/2011/07/27/na-kolokolnyu-kazanskogo-monastyrya-ustanovlen-pozolochennyj-krest/ |date=24 September 2015 }}

| align="center"|Tambov
{{RUS}}

align="center"|4

| align="center"|106[http://www.ruschudo.ru/miracles/802/ Колокольня Воскресенского собора] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726054617/http://www.ruschudo.ru/miracles/802/ |date=26 July 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Resurrection Cathedral in Shuya

| align="center"|120px

| align="center"|A standalone Orthodox bell tower. Tallest in the Ivanovo Oblast.

| align="center"|1810–1832

| align="center"|Shuya
{{RUS}}

align="center"|5

| align="center"|97{{Cite web|url=http://regnum.ru/news/1222919.html|title=Названа дата официального открытия Благовещенского собора в Воронеже}}

| align="center"|Annunciation Cathedral

| align="center"|120px

| align="center"|Built in the Pseudo-Russian style.

| align="center"|1998–2009

| align="center"|Voronezh
{{RUS}}

align="center"|6

| align="center"|96,52[http://www.zn.ua/3000/3150/41422/ Великая лаврская колокольня] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915054759/http://zn.ua/SOCIETY/i_na_vechnost_onaya_zvonnitsa_stoyat_budet-34820.html |date=15 September 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Great Lavra Belltower

| align="center"|80px

| align="center"|Located in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, part of a World Heritage Site

| align="center"|1731–1745

| align="center"|Kyiv
{{UKR}}

align="center"|7

| align="center"|93,7[http://www.proselo.ru/ Историческая справка о селе Поречье-Рыбное] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Peter and Paul Church

| align="center"| 90px

| align="center"|The highest rural bell tower in Russia.

| align="center"|

| align="center"|Porechye-Rybnoye
Yaroslavl Oblast
{{RUS}}

align="center"|8

| align="center"|93[http://www.venividi.ru/node/309 Николо-Угрешский монастырь. Дзержинский – История] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Nikolo-Ugresha monastery

| align="center"|100px

| align="center"|The bell tower is adjacent to the other buildings of the monastery.

| align="center"|1758–1763, rebuilt in
в 1859 г.

| align="center"|Dzerzhinsky
{{RUS}}

align="center"|9

| align="center"|90,3[http://berluki.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147 Николаевская Берлюковская пустынь] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Nikolo-Berlyukovsky Monastery

| align="center"|100px

| align="center"|In old Russian measures, the height of the bell tower is equal to 127 arshin and 4 vershoks.

| align="center"|1895–1899

| align="center"|the village of Avdotyino
Moscow Oblast
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align="center"|10

| align="center"|89,5[http://www.kharkov.ua/about/uspen.htm Успенский собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Assumption Cathedral in Kharkiv

| align="center"|80px

| align="center"|About 3.5 million bricks and 65.5 tons of iron were used for construction.

| align="center"|1821–1841

| align="center"|Kharkiv
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| align="center"|88[http://www.musobl.divo.ru/hist_kolokol.html Троице-Сергиева лавра] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617055204/http://www.musobl.divo.ru/hist_kolokol.html |date=17 June 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

| align="center"|90px

| align="center"|Five-storey bell tower.

| align="center"|1740–1770

| align="center"|Sergiyev Posad
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| align="center"|83,2[http://www.history-ryazan.ru/node/560 Рязанский Кремль] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan

| align="center"|90px

| align="center"|Built by several different architects. Located in the Ryazan Kremlin.

| align="center"|1789–1840

| align="center"|Ryazan
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| align="center"|82[http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=tula&page=27 Всехсвятский Кафедральный собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|All Saints Cathedral in Tula

| align="center"|100px

| align="center"|At the corners of the first level there are sculptures of angels with trumpets.

| align="center"|1776–1825

| align="center"|Tula
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align="center"|14

| align="center"|81,6[http://www.rebuild.ru/about/pressroom/pressreleases/archive/pressreleases_5.html Свято-Троицкий монастырь] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214024004/http://www.rebuild.ru/about/pressroom/pressreleases/archive/pressreleases_5.html |date=14 December 2009 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Saint Trinity Monastery in Alatyr

| align="center"|100px

| align="center"|The bell tower is included in the Russian Book of Records.

| align="center"|the monastery is founded in 1584

| align="center"|Alatyr
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align="center"|15–16

| align="center"|81[http://www.decorbells.ru/bell_kremlin.htm Кремлевская колокольня и ее история] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Ivan the Great Bell Tower

| align="center"|90px

| align="center"|Located on Cathedral Square in the Moscow Kremlin.

| align="center"|1532–1543

| align="center"|Moscow
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align="center"|15–16

| align="center"|81[http://www.alt-tv.ru/LetopisSerafima/photo-kolokolnia.html Свято-Успенская Саровская пустынь]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|Saint Assumption Sarov Monastery

| align="center"|

| align="center"|In good weather the buildings of the Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery can be seen from the bell tower.

| align="center"|1789–1799

| align="center"|Sarov
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| align="center"|80[http://clubs.ya.ru/4611686018427411602/replies.xml?item_no=302&ncrnd=9468 Иоанно-Богословский Пощуповский монастырь] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004124639/http://clubs.ya.ru/4611686018427411602/replies.xml?item_no=302&ncrnd=9468 |date=4 October 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center"|John the Evangelist Monastery in Poschupovo

| align="center"|

| align="center"|The monastery is situated on the right bank of the Oka River.

| align="center"|1901

| align="center"|Poschupovo, Ryazan Oblast
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| align="center" |79.9[http://uspenskiysobor.narod.ru/html/1_2.html Успенский кафедральный собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Dormition Cathedral in Astrakhan Kremlin

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The height of the bell tower is 37 sazhen. The cross is 7 metres high.

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Astrakhan
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| align="center" |79.5{{cite web |url=http://oka-info.ru/content/view/9883/2/ |title=«Ока-Инфо» - Общественно-политическая газета Серпуховского региона - Самая высокая колокольня Подмосковья ждет свой крест |access-date=19 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823151807/http://oka-info.ru/content/view/9883/2/ |archive-date=23 August 2011 |language=ru}}

| align="center" |John the Baptist Church

| align="center" |

| align="center" |The bell tower was built in the Neo-Byzantine style after the project of engineer Kulchitsky. Sponsored by the merchant Diomid Mitrofanovich Khutaryov.

| align="center" |1891–1895

| align="center" |Serpukhov District of Moscow Oblast
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| align="center" |78.5[http://www.cultinfo.ru/vologda/pam.htm Архитектура города Вологды] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616052436/http://www.cultinfo.ru/vologda/pam.htm |date=16 June 2009 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |St. Sophia Cathedral in Vologda

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The bells of the tower were made by Dutch, Russian and German bellmakers in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

| align="center" |1869–1870

| align="center" |Vologda
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| align="center" |78[http://monastyri.narod.ru/novospas.htm Новоспасский монастырь] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Novospassky Monastery

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The monastery played a crucial role in repelling the attack of Crimean Tatars in 1591.

| align="center" |1759–1795

| align="center" |Moscow
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align="center" |22

| align="center" |77[http://www.sobor.odessa.ua/public.php?id=33 Спасо-Преображенский кафедральный собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa

| align="center" |100px

| align="center" |The bells are controlled by an electronic device capable of playing some 99 melodies.

| align="center" |2000–2001

| align="center" |Odesa
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align="center" |23–24

| align="center" |76[http://tverzem.ru/tver/kashin/kashin-pam.shtml Воскресенский собор] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Resurrection Cathedral in Kashin

| align="center" |100px

| align="center" |The church is under restoration.

| align="center" |1816–1886

| align="center" |Kashin
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align="center" |23–24

| align="center" |76[http://www.mybells.ru/statyi.php3?st=sofiya Колокольня Киево-Софийского собора] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Bell Tower of Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |Part of a World Heritage Site

| align="center" |

| align="center" |Kyiv
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| align="center" |75,6[http://www.allcastles.ru/russia/tobolskij-kreml_3.html Тобольский кремль/Архитектура] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Tobolsk Kremlin bell tower

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The only stone kremlin in Siberia.

| align="center" |1794–1809

| align="center" |Tobolsk
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align="center" |26–28

| align="center" |75[http://www.palomniki.su/countries/ru/rostov-on-don/cathedral-rozhdestva-pb.htm Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы собор] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909184625/http://www.palomniki.su/countries/ru/rostov-on-don/cathedral-rozhdestva-pb.htm |date=9 September 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The bell ringing is heard in the radius of 42 versts around the tower.

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| align="center" |Rostov-on-Don
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align="center" |26–28

| align="center" |75[http://www.ruschudo.ru/miracles/1669/ Николаевская церковь (колокольня) (Тульская обл., г. Венёв)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127015808/http://www.ruschudo.ru/miracles/1669 |date=27 November 2010 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |St. Nicholas Church in Venyov

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The church was demolished in 1950s but the bell tower still stands.

| align="center" |1801–1843

| align="center" |Venyov
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align="center" |26–28

| align="center" |~75[http://zkaluga.narod.ru/churches/zhen-mironosits.html Церковь св. Жен-Мироносиц] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904000117/http://zkaluga.narod.ru/churches/zhen-mironosits.html |date=4 September 2010 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |The Church of Saint Myrrhbearers in Kaluga

| align="center" |

| align="center" |The construction cost was 64,500 rubles.

| align="center" |1818–1820

| align="center" |Kaluga
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align="center" |29

| align="center" |74,5[http://www.rusk.ru/newsdata.php?idar=171645 Колокольня (Свято-Никольский собор)] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |The Flooded Belfry

| align="center" |80px

| align="center" |Now the bell tower stands amid the waters of the Uglich Reservoir, which covered the old city center of Kalyazin in 1939.

| align="center" |1796–1800

| align="center" |Kalyazin
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| align="center" |74[http://kazan.eparhia.ru/temples/kazan/bogojvlenskajz/ Богоявленский собор] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225155409/http://kazan.eparhia.ru/temples/kazan/bogojvlenskajz/ |date=25 December 2009 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Epiphany Cathedral in Kazan

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |There is a temple on the second level of the bell tower.

| align="center" |1895–1897

| align="center" |Kazan
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align="center" |31–34

| align="center" |72[http://p-blagovest.narod.ru/Pilgrimage/Novo-Devich.htm Новодевичий монастырь] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050523014859/http://p-blagovest.narod.ru/Pilgrimage/Novo-Devich.htm |date=23 May 2005 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Novodevichy Convent

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |The bell tower consist of six octagonal levels.

| align="center" |1690

| align="center" |Moscow
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align="center" |31–34

| align="center" |72[http://www.photosuzdal.ru/112.htm Ризоположенский монастырь] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Monastery of the Deposition in Suzdal

| align="center" |90px

| align="center" |The bell tower was built to commemorate the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812.

| align="center" |1813–1819

| align="center" |Suzdal
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align="center" |31–34

| align="center" |72[http://www.kolokola.ru/odintsovo/index.htm Собор Святого Великомученика Георгия Победоносца] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Cathedral of Saint George the Martyr

| align="center" |

| align="center" |The total weight of the bells is 18.5 tons.

| align="center" |1848–1872

| align="center" |Odintsovo
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align="center" |31–34

| align="center" |72[http://www.valaam.ru/ru/restoration/194/ Валаамский монастырь] {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Valaam Monastery

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |The monastery is situated on the Valaam Archipelago in Karelia.

| align="center" |1896

| align="center" |Valaam
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| align="center" |70,3[http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=nizhniynovgorod&page=22 Свято – Троицкий Серафимо – Дивеевский женский монастырь] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819091024/http://russian-church.ru/viewpage.php?cat=nizhniynovgorod&page=22 |date=19 August 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}

| align="center" |Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery

| align="center" |120px

| align="center" |In Soviet times the bell tower was used for TV transmissions.

| align="center" |1848–1872

| align="center" |Diveyevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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align="center" |36–37

| align="center" |70[http://www.eparhia-tmb.ru/2012/05/25/na-kolokolnyu-voznesenskogo-xrama-voznesenskogo-monastyrya-ustanovlen-zolotoj-kupol-s-krestom/ На колокольню Вознесенского храма Вознесенского монастыря установлен золотой купол с крестом | Тамбовская епархия] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924001331/http://www.eparhia-tmb.ru/2012/05/25/na-kolokolnyu-voznesenskogo-xrama-voznesenskogo-monastyrya-ustanovlen-zolotoj-kupol-s-krestom/ |date=24 September 2015 }}

| align="center" |Ascension Monastery in Tambov

| align="center" |100px

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| align="center" |2007–2012

| align="center" |Tambov
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align="center" |36–37

| align="center" |70

| align="center" |Trinity Cathedral in Gus-Zhelezny

| align="center" |100px

| align="center" |Built in the, rare for Russia, Gothic Revival style.

| align="center" |1802–1868

| align="center" |Gus-Zhelezny
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