The Church of the Holy Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky

The cathedral was built according to the standard design of the military church, designed in 1901 by architects Fyodor Verzhbitsky and Fyodor Smirnov. This project, which has become a model for military temples in Turkestan, was approved by the authorities for the construction of the temple of the 1st Turkestan Rifle Brigade stationed in Tashkent. According to him, the Cathedral of St. Alexy of Moscow in Samarkand was built in 1909-1911.

The temple was built of burnt brick, plastered. It had a large bell tower and an iconostasis. The internal space of the temple was 24 by 16 meters in size. There were also a large number of icons and church utensils in the temple.

Until 1910, the church belonged to the 9th Turkestan Rifle Regiment and was consecrated in the name of Saint Alexei, the man of God (patronal feast on March 17), and its priest was Vasily Pavlovich Blagoveshchensky.

In 1910, the church was rededicated in honor of St. Alexander Nevsky. The priest at that time was Vasily Nikiforovich Orlinsky.

The church was closed after 1927, and the bell tower was demolished soon after. The icons and property of the church were distributed to other parishes. An armament depot was placed in the temple, later a military hospital, and then a gym.

In 1990, the church was rededicated.