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      🏛 Church of St John the Warrior on Yakimanka

      ул. Большая Якиманка, 46

      A Baroque church of Peter's time — according to tradition, Peter I himself drew its plan in memory of the Poltava victory.

      Church of St John the Warrior on Yakimanka
      © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Church of St John the Warrior on Yakimanka
      © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The church was built in 1704–1713; its presumed author is Ivan Zarudny.
      • After the flood of 1709 Peter I ordered a new church built farther from the river, in memory of the Battle of Poltava.
      • According to tradition, the tsar made the church's drawing himself.
      • In 1928 the iconostasis from the demolished Church of the Three Hierarchs at Krasnye Vorota was moved here.

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      • Yakimanka: the giant Lenin, the French terem and Peter's church

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