The Tashkent Kirche is considered the first Lutheran church in Central Asia.
The initial design of the
building was drawn up in 1881, but a few years later it was revised, and the
location for the church was also changed.
The Kirche building was
constructed by the city’s Lutheran community using funds from I. I. Krause,
based on the design by architect Alexey Leontyevich Benois.
In 1896, services began
in the still-unplastered Kirche, and three years later, the construction was
fully completed.
Services in the church
are held in Russian and German, which is why it is popularly called the German
Church or simply the Kirche.
In the 1930s of the last
century, the pastor was repressed, and the building was used for various
purposes: it housed warehouses, the geology department was located there, and
for some time, a dog breeders’ club operated.
In the 1980s, a music
hall under the Tashkent Conservatory was opened in the building.
After gaining
independence, the building was transferred to the community of Tashkent
Lutheran believers.
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