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The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat () or Pokrovsky Cathedral ()-both are official names used by the Russian Orthodox Church-also known as the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed but popularly as Saint Basil's Cathedral (), is a Russian Orthodox church erected on Red Square in Moscow in 1555 – 61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible.

It commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.