Переведите пожалуйста. At the end of the 18th century it was decided to build a magnificent cathedral. Paul I wanted to resemble Saint Peter‘s Cathedral in Rome. The competition for the design of the new cathedral was announce...

Переведите пожалуйста. At the end of the 18th century it was decided to build a magnificent cathedral. Paul I wanted to resemble Saint Peter‘s Cathedral in Rome. The competition for the design of the new cathedral was announced. Many famous architects took part in it. The design of the cathedral made by Andrey Voronikhin was approved in 1800. The architect designed this cathedral in the traditions of Russian classicism. Though it looks like Saint Peter‘s Cathedral in Rome it has the shape of a Latin cross which stretches from west to east. The cathedral was consecrated on the 15th of September 1811. The Kazan Cathedral strikes by its rich décor, magnificence and huge forms. The monumental colonnade of Kazan Cathedral consists of 96 Corinthian columns in 4 rows. Each column is 12.37 metres high. The columns are faced with the light yellow Pudozh stone and decorated with vertical troughs. On the top of the columns there is a balustrade. The cathedral is embellished with six-column porticoes with triangular frontons. On these frontons there is a bas-relief depicting one of the Biblical subjects «The All-Seeing Eye». The dome of the cathedral is light and proportionate. It towers above the colonnade. The outer casing of the dome is made of forged iron. It has a metal base in the form of radially diverging ribs.