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Church of St. John the Warrior

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Legendary accounts link the present-day church with Peter I. Peter, examining the damage done by the flood, noticed the ruined church of St. John (1625). He ordered to rebuild in on a higher, safer lot, and financed the construction to commemorate the
129: 408: 221:, numerous icons and relics from the churches destroyed by the Communists were stored in the Church of St. John. The church itself operated continuously through the entire 388: 344: 393: 210:); this artwork was lost in 1860s. In 1928, the church was refitted with an iconostasis taken from the demolished Three Saints church at 403: 398: 198:. The fence around St.John was erected later, in 1754-1758. In 1779-1791, the church was decorated by Gavriil Domozhirov ( 383: 336: 265:(восьмерик на четверике), however, this time there are two coaxial octagons, each crowned with a half-dome. 330: 147: 250: 45: 8: 218: 179: 151: 55: 246: 242: 195: 159: 25: 133: 254: 203: 377: 359: 346: 187: 318: 258: 222: 175: 163: 116: 324: 303: 207: 211: 183: 100: 253:
of Peter's reign. Architect remains unknown; similarities with
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The lowlands between present-day Bolshaya Yakimanka Street and
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Russian: "Москва и Подмосковье", М., Искусство, 1979, cтр. 491
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow
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Church of St. John the Warrior in Yakimanka Street (Moscow)
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Russian: П.В. Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948
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were regularly flooded in spring; they were occupied by
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Index


Baroque
Yakimanka District
Moscow
Russia
masonry
Ivan Zarudny
‹See Tfd›
Russian
Russian Orthodox
Yakimanka District
Moscow
Peter the Great
Ivan Zarudny
Moskva River
sloboda settlements
Streltsy
Poles
Battle of Poltava
frescoes
Vasili Bazhenov
iconostasis
Red Gates
Russian Revolution
Soviet

Muscovite baroque
Ukrainian baroque
Russian architecture
Menshikov Tower

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