State and church restoration of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Alexander Nevsky Lavra

The subject of the research is the preservation of the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
as a historical and cultural monument and the role of the Russian orthodox church and the State inspection
on protection of monuments of Leningrad in this process. The object of the research is the restoration and
reconstruction work in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in 1957–1987. A particular
attention is paid to the identifying the specifi cs of the periods of the restoration work, as well as the transformation
of the interaction between the Church and the Inspection on protection of monuments from the fi rst period to
the last. Archival documents are introduced into the scientifi c circulation, and they allow studying the conservation
of the Trinity Cathedral in 1957–1987  and clarifying the roles of the Church and the Inspection on protection of
monuments. It is revealed that the user of the cathedral had great importance in preserving the Trinity Cathedral,
because it knew the outstanding historical and cultural signifi cance of the monument very well and not only
promoted, but in some cases persistently sought to complete the work by high-level specialists. The cooperation
of the parties can be considered as one of the best examples, the result of which became the high level of the
preservation of the Holy Trinity Cathedral while using it according to its original purpose.