ɪt wʌz stˈɑːɹɾᵻd ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z baɪ mˈætveɪ kˈæzɐkˌɑːv wɪð fˈʌndz pɹəvˈaɪdᵻd baɪ pɹˈɪns poʊtˈɛmkɪn; ˈæftɚ wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛlv, ðə tʃˈɜːtʃ wʌz ɹˌiːdɪzˈaɪnd baɪ dʒˈoʊsəf bəvˈeɪ ænd kəmplˈiːɾᵻd baɪ ɐfˈænəsi ɡɹˈɪɡoːɹˌiːv ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi z.
It was started in the 1790s by Matvey Kazakov with funds provided by Prince Potemkin; after 1812, the church was redesigned by Joseph Bové and completed by Afanasy Grigoriev in the 1840s.