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      Ascension Church and Golosov Ravine

      ⏱ 1 h 15 min🚶 2.3 km🍽 0📍 4 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      The white Spassky Gate, the tent-roofed Church of the Ascension above the river bend, the wooded Golosov Ravine with streams and boulders, and a fairy-tale wooden palace.

      👶 With kids🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature⏱ An hour or so
      👶 under 3, 3–6, 7–12 years · ✓ stroller-friendly

      Steep wooden stairs lead into Golosov Ravine — with a stroller, take the path from the embankment by the waterfall. There is no lift at Kolomenskaya metro, so come by bus or taxi.

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        🏛 Spassky Gate of Kolomenskoye
        🎟 partly ticketed · the museum-reserve grounds are free, museums require a ticket
        A white gate from the 1670s with two arched passages, the entrance to the former tsar's estate, with the Kazan Church with its blue domes next to it.
        The white gate from the 1670s; beyond it, the Kazan Church and the path to the Ascension
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        Spassky Gate of Kolomenskoye
        © Ulaisaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The 17th-century Spassky, or Rear, Gate led to the service yard of the tsar's summer residence.
        • In the 18th century the gate became the main entrance to the estate.
        • In 1814 the Streltsy guardhouses next to the gate were taken down, in 1868 the gate was thoroughly repaired, and in 2001–2003 it was restored.
        • In 1825 two avenues of lindens were planted from the Spassky Gate to the Front Gate.
        • The guardhouses at the gate, where the guards of the Sovereign's Court stood, were recreated in 2007.
        • The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve was founded on 10 October 1923.
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        🏛 Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
        A white-stone tent-roofed church on a high bank, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
        The Church of the Ascension from 1532 and a view of the river bend
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        Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
        © Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0
        Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The church was built in 1532 on the orders of Vasily III, by a common version in honour of the birth of his son, the future Ivan the Terrible.
        • It is one of the first stone tent-roofed churches in Rus; it is about 62 metres tall.
        • The author was probably the Italian architect Petrok Maly.
        • In 1994 the church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
        • Inside, the church is very cramped: almost all of the volume goes upward, into the tent.
        • Nearby is Golosov Ravine, with the boulders Devy and Gus-Kamen, around which many legends circulate.
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        🌳 Golosov Ravine
        A deep wooded ravine with a stream and springs, descending to the Moskva River in Kolomenskoye.
        Streams, boulders and legends
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        Golosov Ravine
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Golosov Ravine
        © Sunny365days · CC BY 4.0
        Golosov Ravine
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The ravine separates Kolomenskoye from the former village of Dyakovo, where the 16th-century Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist stands.
        • Since 2009 the ravine has been a natural monument, and the 18.9 hectares around it are a specially protected area.
        • Two huge boulders, Gus-Kamen and Devy Kamen, lie about 50 m from each other.
        • Researchers believe the veneration of the stones took shape only in the 1970s, although it is passed off as an ancient tradition.
        • A legend links the stones to St George's battle with the dragon; it spread in the 1980s–1990s.
        • In Konstantin Grigoryev's novella Green Mist, the characters pass through this ravine into the future.
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        🖼 Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        🎟 ticket
        A reconstructed 17th-century wooden palace with towers, tent roofs and painted chambers.
        The wooden palace — the “eighth wonder of the world”; we look from outside; inside is separate, another 1.5–2 hours
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        Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        © MOCKBA08 · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
        © Юрий Д.К. · CC BY 4.0
        • The wooden palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was built in 1667–1668; contemporaries called it the "eighth wonder of the world".
        • This description was given to the palace in verse by Simeon of Polotsk, tutor to the tsar's children.
        • The original had 270 rooms: separate quarters for the tsar, the tsaritsa and the royal children were linked by entryways and passages.
        • In 1768, by decree of Catherine II, the dilapidated palace was taken apart, after measurements and a model had been made.
        • The current palace is a reconstruction of 2010: it stands not on the historic site but on a vacant plot near Dyakovo.

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