The Cathedral of the Resurrection is a two-storey five-domed building of the baroque architecture. To its main round body covered with a huge spherical dome with an octagonal head, four small antechurches, an altar and a refectory are attached. The antechurches are topped with blind eight-faced two-storey heads - turrets. Five small helmet-shaped cupolas of the cathedral are topped with Greek crosses. The second floor is decorated with columns, resting on a high panelled base-line. Wide pilaster cornices divide the floors and crown the walls of the building. The reveal lining of the big windows of the second floor have a complicated, never repeating pattern. Located at the base of the dome small skylight windows have an oval shape. The temple room on the second floor represents a big double-height hall covered with a blind spherical dome without visible joints. The ground floor space is divided by several massive pillars which support the low vaults. A spiral staircase connects the floors.

In 1824, for the arrival of Emperor Alexander I a grand entrance in the form of a four-columned portico with a triangular pediment, facing the Kremlin square, was attached to the cathedral. In 1832 – 1833 the cathedral was repaired. The doorway between the refectory and the church was considerably extended. Inside, the cathedral was plastered and painted by the icon painters from Yaroslavl. A new timber floor and a new single-tier iconostasis were made. In 1848 the mural painting of the cathedral was overwritten. After the cathedral closing in 1938 the iconostasis was dismantled, and the mural was lost.