This cathedral has the coolest story. In Soviet times the church was taken apart and all its finery used to decorate the metro, or the palace of the people. It was then demolished. In its place the government attempted to build a Palace of the Soviets. Every attempt at construction resulted in water seeping into the foundation and flooding the area. Eventually they gave up and allowed a pool to be constructed there. The pool remained there until the 1990s, when it was decided they would rebuild the cathedral. From the beginning of construction on, the foundation never again flooded.