 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Kutaurwa kwekutanga kwenzvimbo yemamongi kwaive muna Chikunguru 1710, apo Peter Mukuru akaraira kuvakwa kwemamongi kuna Saint Alexander Nevsky pane imwe nzvimbo yevhu padyo neazvino, achitenda kuti iyi ndiyo nzvimbo yekukunda kwaAlexander Nevsky muna 1240 pamusoro pevaSweden muhondo yeNeva. Zvivako zvokutanga panzvimbo yacho zvakanga zviri zvivako zvematanda, nechechi yokutanga, Chechi yeAnnunciation, yakatsaurirwa musi wa 25 March 1713, musi wakashandiswa sezuva rebasa rekutanga remamongi. Zvirongwa zvikuru zveimba yemamongi zvakanga zvanyorwa naDomenico Trezzini, uye kuvaka kwakatanga pachechi huru muna 1719, kugadzirwa nomugadziri. Dumba racho rakaiswa pana 17 June 1722 uye basa racho rakanga rava pedyo nokupedzwa muna 1731, apo kutsemuka kwakakomba kwakawanwa pamadziro anotsigira. Basa rakamiswa, uye muna 1744 mirayiro yakapiwa yokuputsa chivako chacho, Ivan Rossi achitarisira kuputswa kwacho kusvikira kunheyo dzacho pakati pa 1753 na 1755. Kufarira kupedza chivako chevafundisi kwakaderera, kusvikira Mambokadzi Catherine Mukuru akwira pachigaro choumambo muna 1762. Muna 1763 makwikwi okusarudza magadzirirwo echechi huru akaitwa, asi hapana vakwikwidzi vakasarudzwa. Pakupedzisira makore gumi nerimwe gare gare, muna 1774, gadziriro yaIvan Starov yakasarudzwa, kereke huru ine dome rimwe chete mumuitiro wechiNeoclassic. 