Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow / ulitsa Lva Tolstogo, 2
 listed building / architectural heritage, Russian Orthodox Church, 17th century construction, Orthodox church
Church of Saint Nicholas in Khamovniki, wooden church of 1625, rebuilt in 1679-1682 to five-domed church is a church of a former weavers sloboda in Khamovniki District of Moscow, at the corner of Komsomolsky Prospect and Leo Tolstoy Street, two blocks beyond the Garden Ring. The bell tower in Khamovniki is one of the highest tent-style bell towers in Moscow. In 1757 the builders added a side annex dedicated to Saint Dmitry of Rostov. The church was severely damaged by the fire of 1812 and reopened only in 1849. The church did not close during Soviet times. In 2002 the church donated its icon of Archangel Michael to the reopened church of Archangel Michael in Devichye Pole.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Nicholas_in_Khamovniki
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Coordinates:   55°43'55"N   37°35'29"E
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