Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on Kommunarov Street is one of Krasnodar's most impressive religious buildings — a late 19th-century Russian Orthodox church with onion domes and elaborate brickwork that survived the Soviet period when so many others did not. The interior has been carefully restored and contains icons and frescoes in the Byzantine tradition.

The cathedral is an active place of worship and is particularly atmospheric during services, when the choir and the incense combine with the gilded interior to create the full sensory experience of Orthodox Christianity. The surrounding area has some of Krasnodar's better preserved 19th-century merchant architecture, making a walk around the cathedral block worthwhile. The church is a five-minute walk from Krasnaya Street.

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Krasnodar's original cathedral was demolished by Soviet authorities in 1932 as part of the anti-religious campaign that cleared churches across the USSR. The current Holy Trinity Cathedral was built in 1896 as a military church and survived — partly because it was used as a bread warehouse during the Soviet period, a practical function that protected it from demolition. After 1991 it was restored and returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.