Members of restoration council convened on March 24, 2011 in the cathedral and noted that the restoration process goes in full accordance with the schedule. Scaffolds have been already removed from the dome; the beautiful cathedral will appear again this spring presenting results of the colossal restoration work. The cathedral's significance was highly evaluated. Public guardianship board of the Naval Cathedral in Kronshtadt includes such eminent figures as Patriarch Cyril, Russia's first lady Svetlana Medvedeva, Speaker of Parliament Boris Gryzlov, Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev, Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdiukov, St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko, Presidential Envoy in Northwest Federal District Ilya Klebanov, Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Vysotsky, president of JSC Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, and others.
