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# 5 December 1931
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/5-dekabria-1931-goda/
- Published: 2016-12-18T16:52:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:46:23.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Architecture, Faith, Books, Moscow, Heritage

5 December 1931\. The writer Korney Chukovsky recorded in his diary:

"A sunny, frosty day, with silver smoke and a blue sky. Tram No. 10 took me not to the Stone Bridge but to the Zamoskvoretsky one, since they are blowing up the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour nearby. A cannon fired, three times, and five minutes later, not before, a grey-blue plume of smoke rose, beautiful in the sun.  
A peasant woman stands watching and weeping. I approached along the other bank of the Moskva River, and when I had almost reached the Stone Bridge, it was no go: a patrol.  
'Where do you think you're going? Can't you see they're breaking up a church?'  
'I'm going back.'"