Nikolay Mikhailovich Chagin (Николай Михайлович Чагин; 1823–1909) was a Russia

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n architect active primarily in Vilnius

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 and the Crimea

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. He took part in the Siege of Sevastopol and served as Vilno's main architect for 38 years. Chagin mastered the Byzantine Revival and several other revivalist styles, often blending them at will. His church buildings include:

• Nativity Cathedral, Riga
  Nativity Cathedral, Riga
  The Nativity of Christ Cathedral , Riga, Latvia was built to a design by Nikolai Chagin in a Neo-Byzantine style between 1876 and 1883, during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire...
  
  
• Cathedral of the Theotokos, Vilnius
  Cathedral of the Theotokos, Vilnius
  The Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius is the main Orthodox Christian church of Lithuania.The cathedral was built during the reign of the Grand Duke Algirdas in 1346...
  
  
• St. Paraskeva Church, Vilnius
  St. Paraskeva Church, Vilnius
  St. Paraskeva Church is an Orthodox church in Vilnius.The first Orthodox church of St. Paraskeva was constructed on demand of prince Algirdas' first wife, a Vitebsk princess Maria, who was subsequently buried there in 1346. According to the legend, the church was built on the site of a temple to...
  
  
• St. Euphrosyne Church, Vilnius
• St. Catherine Church, Vilnius
• Bell tower of St. Anne's Church, Vilnius
  St. Anne's Church, Vilnius
  St. Anne's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, on the right bank of the Vilnia River. It is a prominent example of both Flamboyant Gothic and Brick Gothic styles. St...
  
  
• Church of the Resurrection, Foros
• The interiors of the Chersonesus Cathedral

See also

• Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire
  Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire
  Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire emerged in the 1850s and became an officially endorsed preferred architectural style for church construction during the reign of Alexander II of Russia , replacing the Russo-Byzantine style of Konstantin Thon...