Description of the attraction
Until the end of the 16th century, this church of the Assumption of the Virgin and the Church of Flora and Lavra on Zatsepa had a common history. The first church in the place where the Assumption Church stands now stood in the center of the Yamskaya Sloboda on Polyanka. It was made of wood and was named after Flor and Laurus, patrons of the coachman's craft. At the end of the century, this settlement was moved to Zatsepa - to the Zamoskvorechye region, located behind the chain - a customs barrier, in front of which loaded carts were checked for the presence of illegally imported goods into the capital. On Zatsepa, a new church was built in honor of Flor and Lavr, and in the former settlement, which became Cossack, the temple began to be called the Assumption, and this name stuck to it around the 60s of the 17th century. Moreover, for several years before that, the church was most likely abandoned, and the area itself was not inhabited.
In stone, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was rebuilt in the last years of the 17th century, and in the next century it was rebuilt several times - it acquired new side-altars, a bell tower in the classical style, and a refectory. The current appearance of the temple took shape by the end of the 18th century, however, some changes were made to it after the fire of 1812, when all the interior decoration of the temple burned out. The restoration of its former splendor was carried out at the expense of parishioners and was completed only in the 70s of the XIX century.
In the 1920s, with regard to this temple, the new government performed all the same actions as with respect to many other religious buildings: confiscation of valuables in favor of the starving, demolition of the domes, the upper tier of the bell tower and individual buildings, and the closure. The church building housed a printing house and an archive. In the 70-80s, the restoration of the church was carried out, so it was possible to preserve the appearance of the building, in which you can see both the features of the Moscow baroque and classicism.
