
St. Basil's Cathedral was founded by Ivan, the Mighty, to commemorate the capture of the Khanate from Khazan. In 1588, Emperor Fedor Ivanovich add private chapel at the east side of the main building, directly above the tomb of St. Basil, Follower of Christ, a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, so that the cathedral was then known by the name of St. Basil's Cathedral.
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