St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, Kiev

St. Nicholas Cathedral
St. Nicholas Cathedral façade
Basic information
Location	vulytsia Velyka Vasylkivska, Pechersk Raion, Kyiv
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
State	Ukraine
Province	Kyiv
Region	Eastern Europe
Status	Active
Website	Official website
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Vladislav Gorodetsky
Architectural type	cathedral
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1909
Specifications
Direction of façade	West
Height (max)	60 m (197 ft)
Spire(s)	2

The St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral (Ukrainian: Костел Св. Миколая; translit.: Kostel Sviatoho Mykolaia) is the second Roman Catholic cathedral built in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Today the building is shared between the Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine and the National House of Organ and Chamber Music. Another Catholic church, the , is the oldest Catholic church in the city and is located near the European Square behind the Ukrainian House in Kyiv.

It was constructed from 1899–1909 and was built in a Gothic type construction, by Kyiv architects V. Gorodetsky and E. Sala. Historically, it belonged to the Latin Rite Catholic community. It stands at vulytsia Velyka Vasylkivska (Greater Vasylkiv street) in Pechersk Raion next to the National Linguistic University of Kyiv between the National Sports Complex Olimpiysky and the Railroad station Kyiv-Tovarny.

A competition was held in 1898 for the designs for a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Kyiv, which was won by architect S. Volovskiy. His entry into the competition included a Gothic type construction with two 60 m (197 ft) towers. The final revision and management of the project was assigned to the Kyivan architect Vladislav Gorodetsky, and Emilio Sala added sculptural decoration in artificial stone to the construction. To increase the stability of the construction on the uneven Kyiv ground, it was ensured by bore-and-stuffed piles, a newly introduced invention of Anton Strauss. The construction work was carried out by exclusively from voluntary donations, and lasted for ten years (1899–1909).