Church of Christ the Savior and the Worship Сross on the Putilovskaya Hill near Mukden

Abstract

The restoration of Russian Orthodox architectural monuments in the North-East of China has received increased attention from both Russian and foreign specialists. At this moment, most of the monuments survived to the present day have a dilapidated, deplorable condition. Monuments experienced the hardships of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the period from 1966 to 1976. Two outstanding monuments of the early XXth century architecture, witnesses of the era was constructed in memory of the tragic events of the Russian–Japanese war – Church of Christ the Savior, designed by the famous Russian architect Julius Zhdanov and the Worship Cross on the Putilovskaya hill, designed by the famous Russian artist Vasily Polenov, near Mukden (modern Shenyang city), became as the objects of this research. The research method is the historical analysis, work with archival documents, in particular the archive of white Russian emigration to Manchuria, full-scale measurement of architectural monuments. The research result has showed that both monuments need restoration work with the direct involvement of Russian specialists. The Russian side, including the Russian Club in Harbin, is ready to assist this restoration work.