Ruska kapelica (Q909998)

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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1916 establishments in Slovenia, 20th-century architecture in Slovenia, Chapels in Slovenia, Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Slovenia, Monuments and memorials in Slovenia, Religious buildings and structures completed in 1916, Russian Orthodox chapels, Russian Orthodox church buildings, World War I memorials
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Russian Chapel (Slovene: Ruska kapelica) is a Russian Orthodox chapel located on the Russian Road on the northern side of the Vršič Pass in northwestern Slovenia. The chapel, dedicated to Saint Vladimir, was built by Russian (actually members of various Slavic nations and Volga Germans that were part of the Russian Empire) prisoners of war engaged in forced labor in the area during World War I. It serves as both a war memorial and a symbolic link between Slovenia and Russia.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Die Russische Kapelle auf dem Vršičpass (slowenisch Ruska kapelica na Vršiču) ist eine russisch-orthodoxe Kapelle auf der nördlichen Seite des Vršičpasses im Nordwesten Sloweniens. Die dem Heiligen Wladimir gewidmete Kapelle wurde zur Erinnerung an russische Kriegsgefangene erbaut, die im Ersten Weltkrieg im Zusammenhang mit dem Bau der Passstraße durch einen Lawinenabgang getötet worden waren. Die Kapelle ist sowohl ein Mahnmal gegen den Krieg als auch eine symbolische Verbindung zwischen Slowenien und Russland.

Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

La Cappella Russa presso il passo della Moistrocca (Ruska Kapelica in sloveno) è una piccola cappella della chiesa ortodossa russa situata sulla strada russa che porta verso il lato settentrionale del passo della Moistrocca (in sloveno Preval Vršič), situato all'interno del comune di Kranjska Gora nella slovenia nord-occidentale. La cappella è dedicata a Vladimir I di Kiev e fu costruita da prigionieri russi impegnati in lavori forzati dall'esercito dell'Impero austro-ungarico durante la prima guerra mondiale. Viene utilizzata sia come monumento ai caduti che come collegamento simbolico tra la Russia e la Slovenia.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

De Russische kapel (Sloveens: Ruska kapela na Vršiču) is een kapel bij de Vršič-pas niet ver van Kranjska Gora in de regio Gorenjska in het noordwesten van Slovenië.

Summary from Español / Spanish Wikipedia (eswiki)

La capilla rusa (en esloveno: Ruska kapelica) es una capilla construida en memoria de los soldados rusos que fueron sepultados por una avalancha de nieve mientras construían la carretera por el paso de montaña Vršič. Entre los años 1916 y 1917 los rusos construyeron solos la capilla. Tiene dos pilarcitos en la conocida forma rusa. La capilla fue arreglada en el estilo ortodoxo, que expresa la fe de los soldados que murieron en este lugar. A su lado también se encuentra la sepultura de tres de los soldados fallecidos. El monumento de la sepultura tiene forma de pirámide, con una inscripción en ruso: “A los hijos de Rusia”. El número exacto de soldados difuntos no se conoce, pero se supone que durante la construcción de la carretera fallecieron entre 170 y 300 soldados rusos, y entre 10 y 80 austríacos.

Summary from Slovenščina / Slovene Wikipedia (slwiki)

Ruska kapelica je kapelica, postavljena kot pravoslavna kapela vojnih ujetnikov iz Ruskega imperija, ki so gradili cesto na Vršič. Naknadno je postala spominski objekt za žrtve, ki jih je kasneje zasul snežni plaz med gradnjo ceste čez gorski prelaz Vršič. Kapelica sv. Vladimirja je urejena v pravoslavnem slogu, ki izraža vero vojakov, ki so gradili cesto. Gradnja lesene kapele se je začela leta 1915, dokončana pa je bila v prvi tretjini januarja 1916. Od njej je tudi spominski grob vojaka Petra Polovčeva. Spomenik na grobu je v obliki piramide z napisom v ruščini: »Sinovom Rusije« in je bil postavljen šele kasneje med letoma 1937 in 1938. V povezavi s kapelico se pogosto pojavljajo miti o »ruskih« ujetnikih, grobovih v okolici in o izgradnji v spomin na žrtve snežnih plazov.

Wikidata location: 46.4425, 13.7680 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Ruska kapelica (OSM), 25 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Ruska kapelica
amenity: place_of_worship
name:de: Russische Kapelle
name:en: Russian Chapel
name:it: Cappella russa
name:ru: Русская часовня
name:sl: Ruska kapelica
building: chapel
religion: christian
wikidata: Q909998
wikipedia: en:Russian Chapel on the Vršič Pass
start_date: 1916
wheelchair: no
denomination: orthodox

wikidata match: Q909998

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structure of worship (Q1370598) amenity=place_of_worship
church building (Q16970) building=church, religion=christian
building (Q41176) building=yes
temple (Q44539) building=temple
shrine (Q697295) building=shrine

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Chapels in Slovenia amenity=place_of_worship, building=chapel
Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Slovenia amenity=place_of_worship, man_made=tower, building=church, disused:amenity=place_of_worship
Monuments and memorials in Slovenia tourism, historic=memorial, historic=monument, memorial=statue, memorial:type=statue
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World War I memorials historic=monument, memorial=statue, memorial:type=statue, tourism, historic=memorial