Annenkirche: The most unusual Lutheran church

St. Anne’s Lutheran Church was built in 1775-1779 by Georg Friedrich Veldten for the German community in a neoclassical style with Ionic columns.

Later, the church was closed in 1935, Soviet architect Alexander Gegello transformed it into a cinema (called Spartak).

At the beginning of the 21st century, a nightclub opened inside the building, and a fire damaged it.

The building was restored in 2012-2013 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, its new owner.

This church, devoid of any unnecessary tinsel, is more like a modern art installation.