List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings
Bell towers

List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

Section Title: Bell towers
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Rank	Height (m)	Name	Image	Notes	Years of construction	Location

1	122,5	Peter and Paul Cathedral	-	Three-level bell tower is a part of the church. It is crowned with a gilded spire.	1712–1733	Saint Petersburg Russia

2	116	Transfiguration Cathedral in Rybinsk	-	Five-level bell tower, crowned by a gilded spire	1797–1804	Rybinsk Russia

3	107	Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan	-	Tallest Christian structure in the Central Federal District of Russia.	2009—2011	Tambov Russia

4	106	Resurrection Cathedral in Shuya	Shuya resurrection cathedral.JPG	A standalone Orthodox bell tower. Tallest in the Ivanovo Oblast	1810–1832	Shuya Russia

5	97	Annunciation Cathedral	-	Built in the Pseudo-Russian style.	1998—2009	Voronezh Russia

6	96,52	Great Lavra Belltower	-	Located in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra	1731–1745	Kiev Ukraine

7	93,7	Peter and Paul Church	Porechje-Rybnoe 016.JPG	The highest rural bell tower in Russia	the settlement of Porechye-Rybnoye Yaroslavl Oblast Russia

8	93	Nikolo-Ugresha monastery	Nikolo-Ugresh-1.JPG	The bell tower is adjacent to the other buildings of the monastery	1758–1763, rebuilt in в 1859 г.	Dzerzhinsky Russia

9	90,3	Nikolo-Berlyukovsky Monastery	-	In old Russian measures, the height of the bell tower is equal to 127 arshin 4 vershoks	1895–1899	the village of Avdotyino Moscow Oblast Russia

10	89,5	Assumption Cathedral in Kharkiv	-	About 3,5 million bricks and 65,5 tons of iron were used for construction	1821–1841	Kharkiv Ukraine

11	88	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius	-	Five-level bell tower	1740–1770	Sergiyev Posad Russia

12	83,2	Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan	-	Built by several different architects. Located in Ryazan Kremlin	1789–1840	Ryazan Russia

13	82	All Saints Cathedral in Tula	Всехсвятский кафедральный собор (5).JPG	At the corners of the first level there are sculptures of angels with trumpets	1776–1825	Tula Russia

14	81,6	Saint Trinity Monastery in Alatyr	-	The bell tower is included in the Russian Book of Records	the monastery is founded in 1584	Alatyr Russia

15–16	81	Ivan the Great Bell Tower	-	Located on the Cathedral Square in the Moscow Kremlin	1532–1543	Moscow Russia

15-16	81	Saint Assumption Sarov Monastery	In the good weather the buildings of the Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery are seen from the bell tower	1789–1799	Sarov Russia

17-18	80	John the Evangelist Monastery in Poschupovo	The monastery is situated on the right bank of Oka River	1901	the settlement of Poschupovo, Ryazan Oblast Russia

17-18	80	Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkiv	-	In 1997 a fire damaged the dome and the cross of the bell tower	1888–1901	Kharkiv Ukraine

19	79.9	Dormition Cathedral in Astrakhan Kremlin	-	The height of the bell tower is 37 sazhen. The cross is 7 metres high	Astrakhan Russia

20	79.5	John the Baptist Church	The bell tower was built in the Neo-Byzantine style after the project of engineer Kulchitsky. Sponsored by the merchant Diomid Mitrofanovich Khutaryov	1891–1895	Serpukhov District of Moscow Oblast Russia

21	78.5	St. Sophia Cathedral in Vologda	-	The bells of the tower were made by Dutch, Russian and German bellmakers in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries	1869–1870	Vologda Russia

22	78	Novospassky Monastery	-	The monastery played a crucial role in repelling the attack of Crimean Tatars in 1591	1759–1795	Moscow Russia

23	77	Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa	-	The bells are controlled by an electric device, capable of playing some 99 melodies	2000–2001	Odessa Ukraine

24-25	76	Resurrection Cathedral in Kashin	-	The church is under restoration	1816–1886	Kashin Russia

24-25	76	Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev	-	UNESCO World Heritage Site	Kiev Ukraine

26	75,6	Tobolsk Kremlin bell tower	-	The only stone kremlin in Siberia	1794–1809	Tobolsk Russia

27-29	75	Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos	Собор Різдва Богородиці.JPG	The bell ringing is heard in the radius of 42 verst around the tower	Rostov-on-Don Russia

27-29	75	St. Nicholas Church in Venyov	-	The church was demolished in 1950s but the bell tower still stands	1801–1843	Venyov Russia

27-29	~75	The Church of Saint Myrrhbearers in Kaluga	The construction cost was 64500 rubles	1818–1820	Kaluga Russia

30	74,5	The Flooded Belfry	-	Now the bell tower stands amid the waters of Uglich Reservoir, which covered the old city center of Kalyazin in 1939	1796–1800	Kalyazin Russia

31	74	Epiphany Cathedral in Kazan	-	There is a temple on the second level of the bell tower	1895–1897	Kazan Russia

32–35	72	Novodevichy Convent	-	The bell tower consist of six octagonal levels	1690	Moscow Russia

32-35	72	Monastery of the Deposition in Suzdal	Monastery of the Deposition - Suzdal - Russia.JPG	The bell tower was built to commemorate the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812	1813–1819	Suzdal Russia

32-35	72	Cathedral of Saint George the Martyr	The total weight of the bells is 18.5 tons	1848-1872	Odintsovo Russia

32-35	72	Valaam Monastery	-	The monastery is situated on the Valaam Archipelago in Karelia	1896	Valaam Russia

36	70,3	Serafimo-Diveevsky Monastery	Diveevo5.JPG	In Soviet times the bell tower was used for TV transmissions	1848-1872	Diveyevo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Russia

37-39	70	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral	-	Built in the style of classicism	1818–1823	Izhevsk Russia

37-39	70	Ascension Monastery in Tambov	-	2007—2012	Tambov Russia

37-39	70	Trinity Cathedral in Gus-Zhelezny	-	Built in the, rare for Russia, Gothic Revival style.	1802—1868	Gus-Zhelezny Russia

Sentence(s)

The bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral in Shuya is the tallest freestanding bell tower in the Ivanovo Oblast.

final_sentence: The bell tower of the Resurrection Cathedral in Shuya is the tallest freestanding bell tower in the Ivanovo Oblast.