Saviour (Back) Gate and Streltsy Guard-house (Kolomenskoye)
The Saviour Gate built in the 1670s, at the same time as the walls of the Tsar’s Courtyard, served as an entrance to the household part of the estate. The gate was named after the …
The Saviour Gate built in the 1670s, at the same time as the walls of the Tsar’s Courtyard, served as an entrance to the household part of the estate. The gate was named after the …
In 1927, the Mead Brewery, one of the examples of wooden architecture in Kolomenskoye, was transported to the estate from the territory of the former village of Preobrazhenskoye. The Mead Brewery used to be a …
The massive blind stone wall that adjoins the Back Gate from the north-west and continues toward the Church of Our Lady of Kazan as well as the wall of the Food Yard are extant elements …
The Food Yard wall was built at the same time as the Back Gate. Its western part faced the so-calledMoscowroad while the eastern one looked on the household yard. Almost the entire wall made part …
The Memorial Pole was erected presumably in 1881 after the death of Alexander II by peasants of the Shaydorovo village in gratitude to the Emperor for the abolition of serfdom inRussia. It was installed in …
The column, an architecture monument of the XVII century, stood near the main façade of the originalPalaceofTsar Alexey Mikhailovichthat has not been preserved. According to legends it was the place where petitions were put such …
The exposition makes part of the Museum of Wooden Architecture. A legend has it that the monastery was founded by St. Euphemius of Karelia at the turn of the XV century. It was situated at …
The Sumskoy Stockaded Fort located on the shore of theWhite Seawas built of wood as many other Russian forts of the XVI and XVII centuries. Fortification skill of Russian fort builders was on such a …
The stockaded fort situated on the left bank of the Angara River. The fort had three towers that surmounted household structures and one passage-tower with a barn and chapel. By the beginning of the 18th …
The wooden church named after great martyr St. George the Victorious was built in the North of Russia, on the bank of the shallow Yorga River, right tributary of the full-flowing Northern Dvina Riverin its …