The city’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral, functioning as the country’s primary house of worship for the faith between the wars, stands next to its predecessor in the park immediately northwest of the bus station. Built between 1932 and 1935, the petite structure contains the usual array of golden icons plus a glorious painting of the Madonna from the Orthodox monastery in Sudervė near Vilnius and dating from about 1530. Its next door neighbour dates from 1850 and was built by unknown architects from St. Petersburg. A monument from 1923 stands outside, commemorating local Russian soldiers who died during WWI.