Orchodox church in Shanghai

Locate at 16, Gaolan Road, Luwan District is an Orthodox Church built in 1934 which was originally called St Nicholas Church. On February 15, 1994 the building was recognized as a city-level cultural relic preservation unit and was also once used as a washing machine factory.

Following the Russian Revolution, thousands of White Russian refugees flooded the French Concession and made part of it into a little Moscow: black bread and vodka abounded.