Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin on Uspensky vrazhek (Moscow) | Eclectic (architecture), 1850s construction, Russian Orthodox Church, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia), Orthodox church

 Eclectic (architecture), 1850s construction, Russian Orthodox Church, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia), Orthodox church

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First mention on this site was in 1531 of a wooden, single apse church. In 1647 Grigory Gorihvostov constructed a stone church with side-altars of for St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas the Miracle worker. By 1774 the temple stood in the middle of a courtyard that was surrounded by a stone fence with gates. A. Yankov, owner of the manor next door built a separate church of St. Nicholas attached to the north side of the Church of the Assumption around 1775. Some renovation work was done in the late 18th century.

The merchant S. A. Zhivago constructed the existing building in 1857-1860 at which time the fence was removed. The church had side altars for St. John the Baptist and St. Sergei Radonezhsky, a separate church of St. Nicholas and the Church of Assumption all connected to one another. The new building had a hall with three naves and the walls were finished in white, black and blue marble. The belltower is tent shaped.

The chapel of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker was destroyed soon after the 1917 revolution. The Church of the Assumption was closed in 1924; the cupola were removed, the kokoshniki with bas-reliefs over the southern façade along the street were removed and the openings in the belltower were covered. The building was occupied by the Moscow regional historic archive.

Before the long distance telephone station opened in 1979, the archive was relocated. In 1992 the community registered and held their services in a small shed on the property. In 1996 they moved into a cellar and in 1999 the Church of the Assumption was reconsecrated.

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