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The foundation stone was laid on {{OldStyleDate|20 May|1787|9 May}} by [[Catherine II of Russia]] and Austrian Emperor [[Emperor Joseph II|Joseph II]], during Catherine's [[Crimean journey of Catherine the Great|Crimean journey]].<ref name="sobor"/> The event is described in the memoirs of [[Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur|comte de Ségur]]. Prince [[Grigory Potemkin]] envisioned the church as one of the spiritual centres of [[New Russia]].<ref name="sobor">[http://gorod.dp.ua/history/article_ru.php?article=124 Gorod.dp.ua]</ref> [[Ivan Starov]] submitted to Potemkin his designs for a Roman-style [[basilica]], but construction was postponed until the end of the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)|Russo-Turkish War]].

In the early 19th century, Potemkin's plans were revived and updated by [[Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu|Duc de Richelieu]], but construction did not start until 1830. The cathedral was built on a smaller scale than originally planned and was consecrated in 1835. The design is attributed to [[Andreyan Zakharov]], chiefly on the ground of its similarity to Zakharov's [[Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Kronstadt|Zakharov's cathedral]] in [[Kronstadt]].<ref name="sobor"/>

The church was closed to worshippers in 1930 and housed a museum of [[atheism]] between 1975 and 1988. The building was damaged by an [[earthquake]] in 1888 and by bombs during the [[Second World War]].<ref>[http://ua.vlasenko.net/_pgs/dnipropetrovska.html UA.vlasenko.net]</ref>