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      Maroseyka and Pokrovka: Kazakov, Mandelstam and Barashi

      ⏱ 1 h 25 min🚶 3.2 km🍽 1📍 6 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      From Kazakov's round church via the Lutheran cathedral and the little park with Mandelstam to the church where, according to legend, Empress Elizabeth was married.

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        🏛 Church of Sts Cosmas and Damian on Maroseyka
        ул. Маросейка, 14/2
        Matvey Kazakov's round church at the corner of Maroseyka and Starosadsky — small, but visible from every side.
        From Kitay-Gorod, 7 minutes uphill along Maroseyka. The church at the corner of Starosadsky is round, like a rotunda.
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        Church of Sts Cosmas and Damian on Maroseyka
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The current church was built to a design by Matvey Kazakov in 1791-1793.
        • Until 1922, Starosadsky Lane was named Kosmodamianovsky after the church.
        • A wooden church on this spot burned down in 1547 and 1629.
        • The church was closed in the late 1920s.
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        🏛 Lutheran Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul
        Старосадский пер., 7/10
        A neo-Gothic cathedral with a spire in Starosadsky Lane — Moscow's main Lutheran church, with organ concerts.
        2 minutes down Starosadsky. The spire is visible from the lane; if it's open, go in — organ concerts are on the schedule.
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        Lutheran Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Lutheran Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul
        © Олег Токарев · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Lutheran Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul
        © Никонико962 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The congregation was formed in 1626 and in 1817 bought the Lopukhin estate in Starosadsky Lane.
        • In the earlier church on this site, Franz Liszt gave an organ concert in 1843.
        • The current cathedral was built in 1903-1905 and consecrated in December 1905.
        • It is one of Moscow's two active Lutheran churches and the bishop's cathedral.
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        🏛 Mandelstam Monument
        Старосадский пер., сквер у дома 10
        The poet's head thrown back, on a "ruined" column of basalt cubes, in a tiny square between Starosadsky Lane and Zabelin Street.
        Further down Starosadsky is a tiny park by Zabelin Street. Read the lines on the basalt cubes.
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        • The monument was unveiled on 28 November 2008; the head was sculpted by Elena Munts, the column made by Dmitry Shakhovskoy, and the architect was Alexander Brodsky.
        • The poet's head sits on a "ruined herm" made of four basalt cubes.
        • Lines are carved into the cubes: "For the thundering valour of ages to come, for the lofty tribe of men..."
        • The square is tiny — about 5 by 8 metres.
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        🏛 Church of the Trinity on Gryazi
        ул. Покровка, 13
        A church with columns on Pokrovka, by the former Pokrovsky Gate — built on the marshy bank of the Rachka river, hence "na Gryazekh" ("in the Mud").
        Through Khokhlovsky Lane and Pokrovsky Boulevard — 8 minutes. Pokrovsky Gate of the White City stood here.
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        Church of the Trinity on Gryazi
        © Bogunilia · CC BY 4.0
        • The church has long stood on the boggy bank of the Rachka river by the Pokrovsky Gate of the White City.
        • The current building dates from 1861, designed by Mikhail Bykovsky and funded by the factory owner Evgraf Molchanov.
        • The main altar is consecrated to the icon of the Mother of God "Three Joys".
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      9. 5
        🏛 Church of the Resurrection in Barashi
        ул. Покровка, 26/1
        A Baroque church in Barashi where, according to legend, Empress Elizabeth secretly married Alexei Razumovsky.
        Another 5 minutes along Pokrovka. The Church of Barashi is in a courtyard — go round it from the side.
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        Church of the Resurrection in Barashi
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • A wooden Church of the Resurrection in Barashi is mentioned from 1620.
        • The stone church was built from 1733 to 1773.
        • According to legend, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna and Count Alexei Razumovsky were secretly married here.
        • The church was closed in 1929; from the 1960s to the 1990s it housed the Moscow fire service headquarters.
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      11. 6
        ☕️ Cherny Cooperative (Kooperativ Chyorny)
        Лялин пер., 5, стр. 1
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        Through Lyalin Lane — 3 minutes. Coffee and pastries at the Chyorny cooperative.
        🍴 One of Moscow's first specialty coffee shops (since 2013), with its own roastery. What to order: espresso, an AeroPress with Colombian beans, a tasting set.

      ↩️ Getting back: from the coffee shop, 8 minutes along Lyalin Lane and Zemlyanoy Val to Kurskaya metro

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