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A 3D model of the site
Military precision RCF has provided hundreds of speakers for the indoor and outdoor areas of the Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces in Russia THE MAIN CATHEDRAL OF THE Russian Armed Forces sits at the heart of the Patriot Park in Kubinka, near Moscow. Also known as the Church of the Resurrection, the cathedral is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 and calls on all Orthodox Christians to pray for the millions of soldiers and civilians who were killed during the war. The vast site of the Patriot Park was opened by the Russian Ministry of Defence in 2015 and includes military museums plus sports facilities, historical exhibitions and expositions of weapons and equipment samples. The facilities allow people to not only look at the exhibits but also drive and fly military equipment simulators, shoot combat weapons and take part in parachute jumps. The cathedral building is 95m high and incorporates symbols of the Great Patriotic War in its design, with the steps and some of the metal elements cast from melted German weapons. The diameter of the central dome is 19.45m, representing the year the war ended; the belfry is 75m high in honour of the 75th anniversary in 2020; and the small dome is
President Vladimir Putin (centre left) and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (centre right) look at plans for the cathedral
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