Kolomna
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Arbatskaya Street
Kolomna, Arbatskaya Street
Arbatskaya Street in Kolomna emerged in the first half of the 17th century during the development of the Posad. It is home to the Church of St. Nicholas Posadsky, built in 1716 with funds from parishioners, featuring platbands and kokoshniks restored during the 1970s renovation. In the early 1990s, this church was transferred to the Old Believer community of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church. The street was home to Archpriest Nikolai Kovalsky, surgeon Petr Sarafyan, and writer Boris Pilnyak, who created his works here from 1917 to 1924.
Bobren Monastery
Staroye Bobrenevo
The Bobrenev Monastery in the village of Staroye Bobrenevo near Kolomna is protected as a cultural heritage site of federal significance in Russia. According to the legend recorded by local historian N. D. Ivanchin-Pisarev, the name of the monastery comes from beaver hunting, as beavers were common in this forested area. A popular version claims that the monastery was founded by voevoda Bobrok by the vow of Dmitry Donskoy in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, and before the monastery's closure, daily prayers were offered here for the warriors who fell on the Kulikovo Field. The Feodorovsky Church in the late Classicism style was completed in 1860 by builder Theoktist on the site of the ruins of the Entry to Jerusalem Church.
Bogoyavlensky Staro-Golutvin Monastery
Kolomna, Golutvinskaya Street, 11
The Epiphany Old-Golutvin Monastery in Kolomna was founded in the period from 1385 to 1389 on a place whose name "golutva" means a clearing or a glade in the forest. Its first abbot, Grigory, was consecrated as Bishop of Kolomna in 1392 and managed the cathedral until 1405. In April 1912, Elder Barsanuphius of Optina became the abbot, who, a year before his death in 1913, put the spiritual life and buildings of the cloister in order. In 1993, Patriarch Alexy II visited Kolomna and the former monastery, after which restoration work began and the territory was transferred to the Moscow Diocese.
Golutvin Station
Kolomna, Vokzalnaya St 3a
Golutvin station in Kolomna was opened on July 20, 1862, and is the main railway station of the city, as well as a junction station of the Ryazan direction of the Moscow Railway. In 1897, it received its name after the nearby settlement near the Golutvin Monastery to avoid confusion with Staro-Kolomna. Suburban trains to Moscow, Ryazan, and Ozyory depart from this station, and the building itself is recognized as a cultural heritage site of regional significance. The station is also known for being a filming location for the movies "City Zero" and "Honest, Smart, Unmarried...".
Lukovnikov House
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 28
The Lukovnikov House on Lazareva Street, 28 is a 19th-century building in the Moscow Empire style, which is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance as part of the Kolomna Kremlin ensemble. Belonging to several generations of the Lukovnikov merchant family, the house retained its original layout with an enfilade of three ceremonial rooms and a ceremonial porch made of white stone before the reconstruction of the 1960s, and a lost balcony with an openwork grille was previously located above the portico. A marble memorial plaque contains poems by the local poetess Tatyana Bashkirova and a photograph of Lev Hornung. The building, constructed according to an earlier "model" project, stands near the Pyatnitskie Gates not far from the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross and is depicted in Ivan Pavlov's engraving "Pyatnitskaya Tower".
Mozgov House
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 22
The Mozgov House in Kolomna, located at 22 Lazareva Street, is a typical example of a building from the first half of the 19th century in the style of provincial Russian Empire architecture, constructed according to a "recommended" design. Its windows retain internal wooden shutters, which were used to close the openings more than a hundred years ago, and the building itself is listed in the register of cultural heritage sites. A memorial plaque dedicated to Hero of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Isaev is installed on the house. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the building had no permanent owners, and it received its name from the last owners.
People's School Building
Kolomna, Kremlyovskaya Street, 18
The Building of the Public School is a late 18th-century structure located on the territory of the Kolomna Kremlin near the Cathedral Square, and it is the only public civil building of the era of strict classicism in the city. The two-story brick and plastered building with a white-stone ground floor was partially rebuilt in the first third of the 19th century, and the design of its capitals was repeatedly reproduced on other buildings in Kolomna. Since 1805, the Kolomna District School operated here, which in 1892 became a two-grade city school, and in 1896 — a three-grade one. Later, the former school building was converted into residential premises, and among its notable graduates is Ivan Yanzhul, an academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Kislovskaya Almshouse
Kolomna, Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii St, 168, 168a, 168b
The Kislovsky Almshouse in Kolomna was founded according to the will of the benefactor Cyprian Maximovich Kislov and began its work in 1854 on the income from a bank established for its maintenance. The main building of the institution is a three-story structure located deep within the site, where the lower floor with a white stone belt looks like a high plinth. The gates of the almshouse with openwork grilles and pilasters decorated with balls are executed in the style of the turn of the 18th–19th centuries. In 1899, 38 people were housed here under the supervision of the caretaker Andrey Grigoryevich Goretovsky.
Bell Tower of the New Golutvin Monastery
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 11
The bell tower of the Novo-Golutvin Monastery in Kolomna is an 1825 gate bell tower, which is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. The largest bell of the bell tower, weighing 259 poods 32 pounds, was cast by master Akim Vorobyov at the expense of merchant Kipriyan Kislov, and it was decorated with images of the Holy Trinity and Sergius of Radonezh. In 1975–1977, Kolomna restorers restored the building, plastering it and returning the lost rustication, and also bricked up the sides of the opening in the bell tier, which had been widened when the large bell was dropped in the 1920s. On October 31, 1988, the bell tower became part of a complex of buildings transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church for the first cenobitic convent in the Moscow diocese.
Bell Tower of the Old Golutvin Monastery
Kolomna, Golutvinskaya Street, 11
The bell tower of the Staro-Golutvin Monastery in Kolomna is a gatehouse object of cultural heritage of federal significance. Completed in 1809 in the classical style, it has three tiers with paired white stone Tuscan columns and cornices, and the second tier houses a church dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin Mary into the Temple. In 1929, upon the closure of the monastery, the main bell was thrown from the bell tower, for which it was necessary to partially break through the wall of the tier, which led to damage to the cornice. Today, the restored bell tower with the gate church is adjacent to the fraternal buildings, which are used by the Kolomna Theological Seminary.
Kolomenskaya Pastila
Kolomna, Posadskaya Street, 13A
The Kolomna Pastila Museum is located in the very heart of the Kolomna Posad near the Church of St. Nicholas on Posadyakh. Here, ancient pastila recipes have been restored from archives and old books through the efforts of Natalia Nikitina, Elena Dmitrieva, and the team of the ANO "Kolomna Posad," while its boxes are made at a manual cardboard production facility following 19th-century traditions with the participation of people with disabilities. The museum has revived Dostoevsky's favorite pastila — red smokva, white pastila in sticks, and almond mufftovaya — which is served during the "Tea with Dostoevsky" program, where guests write messages with a fountain pen and send them through the "Museum Mail." The "History with Taste" project, which revived pastila production, was launched in 2008 during the European Speed Skating Championship in Kolomna.
Kolomna Local Lore Museum (Kolchinsky Estate)
Kolomna, Lazhechnikova Street, 15
The Kolomna Local Lore Museum is located in the 19th-century estate of merchant Kolchinsky on the territory of the Kolomna Kremlin, being an object of cultural heritage of regional significance. The main two-story building in the Empire style, whose courtyard facade is decorated with a central risalit with a pediment and an arched loggia, became more elegant than the street one after the reconstruction. In addition to the main house, the ensemble includes a one-story kitchen wing from the early 20th century and an outbuilding, also executed in the Empire style. Opened in 1932, the museum presents the history of Kolomna from ancient times to the 20th century, and its funds contain more than 27 thousand storage units.
Kolomna Kremlin
Kolomna, Lazhechnikova Street, 5
The Kolomna Kremlin in the city of Kolomna has survived to this day in the form of seven towers with a height of 24 to 31 meters and preserved sections of walls with a thickness of 3 to 4.5 meters. The fortification forms of the fortress largely repeat North Italian examples, such as Turin, Milan, and Verona, and the towers are divided into multi-faceted, quadrangular, and combined types. The Pyatnitskie Gates are the only surviving passage tower out of four, and in the 16th century, a significant arsenal of weapons and ammunition was stored in the tower of the Pyatnitskie Gates.
Kolomna Platform
Kolomna, Polyanskaya Street, Kolomna railway stop
The Kolomna Platform is located on Polyanskaya Street and was historically called Novo-Kolomna, as it was built closer to the city at the request of residents, but the cost of its station and platform was included in the ticket price. Now the tracks and platforms are significantly elevated above the historic station building, which has a facade of unplastered red brick with a false entablature and four pilasters highlighting the central part with the entrance. To the south of the platforms there is an equipped crossing over the tracks in the form of a decking, and since 1974 tram tracks with a turning loop have been laid here.
Kolomna Speed Skating Center
Kolomna, Naberezhnaya Reki Kolomenki Street, 7
The Kolomna Speed Skating Center is located at 7 Naberezhnaya Reki Kolomenki Street. In 2008, the European Speed Skating Championships were held at the arena, and in 2006, 2007, and 2008, the 44th, 45th, and 46th Russian Championships took place. Visitors of public skating sessions have access to skate rental and sharpening services, and purified water from two artesian wells is used for ice resurfacing. Every year, training camps for teams from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Vologda, Kostroma, Murom, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Murmansk Oblast, Altai Krai, and other regions are held here.
Krasnogvardeyskaya Street
Kolomna, Krasnogvardeyskaya Street
Krasnogvardeyskaya Street is located in the central part of Kolomna and was previously called Kolomenskaya or Voznesenskaya. It features a 19th-century city estate, recognized as a regional architectural heritage site, and the cultural center "Dom Ozerova" at house number 2. In Zaitsev Square, at the intersection with Zaitsev and Yan Grunt Streets, there is a monument to the weapons designer Boris Shavyrin, and next to the Ascension Church stands a log house of the donor Ivan Butkin. Before the revolution, the street only extended to the current Kozlova Street, beyond which began a sanitary zone in front of the cemetery.
Marinkina Tower
Kolomna, Lazareva St, near Mikhailovskie Gates
Marinkina Tower, built in 1525–1531, is one of the seven surviving towers of the Kolomna Kremlin. Its twenty-faceted pillar is decorated with 27 embrasure-windows arranged in a checkerboard pattern for circular defense, with the ceilings of the lower tiers being segmental and the upper ones vaulted. Legends of the imprisonment and death of Marina Mniszech are associated with this place, according to which she was either thrown from the tower or walled up in the wall, as well as a legend about a hidden treasure that glows at night. The further fate of the captive after her arrest near Astrakhan is unknown, and her imprisonment in Kolomna is considered only a legend.
Museum of Organic Culture
Kolomna, Kazakova Street, 10
The Museum of Organic Culture in Kolomna, located at 10 Kazakova Street, positions itself as the only institution in the world that systematically studies the organic direction in art of the 20th–21st centuries. The permanent exhibition "Organic Movement in Art and Its Paradigm" is curated by Alla Povelikhina, and among the featured artists are Alexander Labas, Vladimir Nemukhin, Francisco Infante, and Igor Shelkovsky. The museum courtyard houses objects and pavilions, including "The Word," "Light and Movement," "Double Helix," and "Shelkovsky's Trees." The initiators of the museum's creation were Alla Povelikhina, Nina Suetina, Vasily and Elena Rakitina, Irina Alikina, as well as the nuns of the Novo-Golutvin Monastery.
Russian Photography Museum
Kolomna, Isaeva Street, 19
The Museum of Russian Photography in Kolomna, founded in 2010 on the initiative of Alexander Dzhus, Stanislav Chabutkin, and Irina Alikina, is one of the three branches of the Museum of Organic Culture. Its permanent exhibition features "Silver Photography of the 20th–21st Centuries," while periodic exhibitions are held by authors supporting the MOC concept, including those using a monocle. The museum annually organizes the "Outpost Competition" photo contest and publishes catalogs, such as "Lev Sherstennikov. Photographs" from 2017. Exhibitions are held at two addresses in the Kolomna Kremlin: 19 Isaeva Street and 31 Brusensky Lane.
Pyatnitskie Gates
Kolomna, Zaytseva St, 14
The Pyatnitskie Gates in Kolomna are the only surviving tower from a stone wall with 14 towers, adjacent to the Pyatnitskaya Chapel, built in the 1820s in the classical style. The outline of the tower resembles the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, and its rectangular base measures 14 by 22 meters. Under the tower there is a vaulted passage that connected the fortress with the city in case of necessity, and the Zhitnaya Square adjoined the gates, where the main trading operations took place. According to the restoration plan for the 850th anniversary of Kolomna in 2027, work will begin with this object.
Cathedral Square
Kolomna, Cathedral Square
Cathedral Square in Kolomna is a historic center dominated by the Assumption Cathedral, built in 1672–1682. In the northern part of the square, next to the Assumption Bell Tower, a bronze monument to Cyril and Methodius is installed, where Methodius holds the Holy Scripture, and Cyril holds a scroll with the Russian alphabet against the background of an Orthodox cross. To the north of the cathedral stands the Tikhvin Church in the Russian style, and around the square are located the Resurrection Church, the Church of St. Nicholas the Guest, and the St. Sergius Church. From the square, a distant view opens to the Bobrenev Monastery, and on the southern side rises the gate bell tower of the New Golutvin Monastery in the Empire style.
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God
Staroye Bobrenevo, Bobrenev Monastery
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos is located in the Bobrenev Monastery in Stary Bobrenevo of Kolomna. According to reconstruction, it was a tall, white-stone, three-apse, single-domed temple made of smoothly hewn blocks, decorated with carvings, the completion of whose construction fell during the episcopate of Athanasius (1788–1799). In 1930, mineral fertilizer warehouses and garages were placed in the cathedral, and by 2014 the building was in an emergency condition with vertical cracks, without plaster and floors. The church was dedicated to the victory over the Golden Horde and had a spiritual and architectural connection with the Dormition Cathedral of Kolomna.
Church of the Life-Giving Trinity of the New Golutvin Monastery
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 11
The Church of the Trinity of the Living Spring of the New Golutvin Monastery in Kolomna, built in 1705, is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. The church stands in the northwestern part of the monastery on a high substructure in simplified forms of Moscow Baroque, and its facades and staircase are painted with polychrome paints. During the restoration, the completion demolished during the years of atheism – the drum, dome, and cross – was restored on the building for the first time, and the main staircase was decorated with carved wooden posts and balusters. In the substructure of the church is the Church of Xenia, whose iconostasis with icons in the Byzantine style was painted by artist Alexander Chashkin.
Trinity Church in Shchurovo
Kolomna, Oktyabrskaya Street, 3
The Trinity Church in Shchurovo, Kolomna, was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Nikodim of Ryazan and Zaraysk on October 27, 1907, and in 1914 a bishop's service was held here. During the Soviet period, the church was seized: crosses were thrown down from the domes, bells were surrendered for scrap metal, and the interior space was divided by partitions into two floors and numerous rooms. The church painting was done by the artel "Byzantium," which took the St. Nicholas Church of the Pokrovsky Khotkov Monastery as a model, but used a sky-blue background and light tones. A Sunday school for children aged 7 to 13 has been operating at the church for more than twenty years, where large celebrations are held three times a year for Christmas, Easter, and the Day of the Holy Trinity.
Trinity Novaya Golutvin Women's Monastery
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 11
The Trinity Novo-Golutvin Convent in Kolomna is associated with the names of the abbots Archimandrite Nikanor (Klementyevsky), who later became a metropolitan, and Archimandrite Tikhon (Uglyansky), who, since 1846, collected books and manuscripts on the history of the schism. In the early 19th century, sturgeon, perch, and burbot were stocked for the brethren's meals, and in 1801, after a storm, Archimandrite Varlaam restored the roofs of the Trinity Church and the diocesan administration building in four days. In April 1922, the Kolomna Commission seized silver items of church utensils from the convent, and at the same time, unaccounted-for pearls were removed from the mitre. The modern history of the cloister resumed with the approval of Mother Ksenia as the abbess in 1989, and according to the 1971 restoration program, a fruit garden was planned to be laid out on the territory.
Zaitsev Street
Kolomna, Zaytseva Street
Zaitsev Street in Kolomna was called Vladimirskaya until 1921, as it was the beginning of the road from Kolomna to Vladimir. On this street are located a residential building with an arch from the first quarter of the 19th century (No. 8), the well-known Rumyantsev House (No. 16), and the Pogorelaya Tower of the Kolomna Kremlin (No. 28). At the intersection with Krasnogvardeyskaya Street and Yan Grunt Street is Zaitsev Square, and house No. 46 houses the "Staraya Kolomna" bus station.
Lazhechnikov Street
Kolomna, Lazhechnikova Street
Lazhechnikov Street in Kolomna received its name in December 1968 in honor of the novelist Ivan Lazhechnikov, who was born in this city. This street features a city estate from the mid-19th to early 20th century (buildings No. 13–15), which includes a main house in the Empire style, a kitchen wing, and a utility building, and a museum opened in its former salt barn in 2024. The main house of the Petrov estate, built of brick with white stone details, and the Kolchinsky estate, which housed the "Kometa" school since the mid-20th century, now contain museum exhibitions. A Kolomna policeman in dress uniform maintains order on the street, also helping tourists and regulating car traffic.
Levshina Street
Kolomna, Levshina Street
Levshina Street is located in the historic part of Kolomna near the Pogorelaya (Alekseevskaya) Tower of the Kolomna Kremlin. It received its current name in 1921 in honor of the revolutionary Vasily Levshin, who ensured a bloodless victory of Soviet power in the city. Before that, the street was called Alekseevskaya after the nearby Church of St. Alexius, Man of God, and Malaya Ryazanskaya Street, Malaya Savicha Street, and Levshin Lane adjoin it on the right. Two-way traffic is organized on the street, except for the section from Yan Grunt Street to Zaytsev Street, where it is one-way.
October Revolution Street
Kolomna, Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii Street
Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsiya Street in Kolomna, formerly known as Astrakhanskaya and Bolshaya Moskovskaya, is part of an old road to Astrakhan. It is home to the 1980 city administration building, the Kolomna Polytechnic College, and a university branch located in a house from 1931, as well as the Kislovskaya Almshouse from the 1840s. At the corner with Lebedyansky Passage stands a monument — a steam locomotive of the L series, and the section near the "Square of Two Revolutions" is known to locals as "The Hundred Meters." The city's development is dominated by multi-story buildings from the 1970s–1980s in the Golutvin area and low-rise private houses in the Raduzhny, Sandyri, and Zaprudnaya Sloboda districts.
Gavryukha Estate
Kolomna, Levshina St, 10, 10a, 10b
The Gavryukhin Estate in Kolomna at Levshina Street, 10, 10A, 10B, consists of three buildings of different styles from the 18th to the early 20th century. The residential wing, built in two stages on a high vaulted semi-basement, is decorated with Baroque window frames with "ears" and a white stone trefoil keystone, and its facades are divided by lesenes. Together with a confectionery shop and an old house at the back of the plot, the wing forms an inner courtyard. The property has been leased under the "Property for a Ruble" program, and the investor is obliged to restore the estate within seven years for further use for administrative and business purposes.
Lipgart Estate
Kolomna, Molodyozhnaya Street, 1
The Lipgart Estate in Kolomna is a cultural heritage site of regional significance, occupying a plot of 2.3 hectares. The main building of the estate is one of the few examples of Art Nouveau architecture in the city and has a corridor layout with isolated rooms of complex shape. In the 21st century, the two-story brick house was abandoned, partially destroyed, and fell into disrepair, but a garden with valuable species of trees and shrubs has been preserved. It is planned to restore the building, outbuildings, and place a museum in part of the premises.
Petrov Estate
Kolomna, Lazhechnikova Street, 18
The Petrov estate in Kolomna, built in the third quarter of the 19th century for merchant-tanners, is a complex consisting of the main house, two wings, and outbuildings around the perimeter of a cobblestone courtyard. The main brick house with white stone decoration in a transitional style from classicism to eclecticism stands on a high vaulted semi-basement and is adorned with large platbands with segmental pediments on brackets, reflecting the influence of the Italian Renaissance. Currently, the building houses the district consumer union office and a cafe, while the territory features exhibits related to the history of the estate and art objects. In 2024, a museum was opened in the former salt barn of the estate.
Assumption Belfry
Kolomna, Cathedral Square
The Assumption Bell Tower in Kolomna, listed as number 31 as the "Assumption Pyramidal Belfry," differs from similar structures by its unusually large size. The massive cubic base of the bell tower carries a wide octagonal belfry, topped by a pyramidal roof with three rows of "slukhi" (acoustic windows), and its facades are designed with paired half-columns, decorative panels, and cornices with a brickwork pattern. Once, the belfry was adorned with a large clock, which has been lost, and a set of bells, and on April 13, 2015, those named Vladimir were invited to ring it in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the death of Prince Vladimir. The restoration plans for the 850th anniversary of Kolomna in 2027 include the Assumption Cathedral, the Pyramidal Bell Tower, the Tikhvin Church, and the Resurrection Church.
Uspensky Brusensky Convent
Kolomna, Brusensky Lane, 36
The Uspensky Brusensky Convent in Kolomna was placed under special care of the Synod on March 18, when the townspeople pledged to supply the monastery in case of need. During the abbess Olympiada's tenure in 1849–1851, the western and northern cells buildings were completed, along with a two-story abbess's building to the north of the Uspensky Church, as well as a carriage shed, while the Uspensky Church itself was covered with iron. For the interior decoration of the Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral, Moscow philanthropist Yakov Yakovlevich Ermakov donated 30 thousand rubles; at that time, his daughter Feodosia lived in the convent under the name Theophania. In 1931, on May 21 and 22, more than thirty nuns and novices were arrested and imprisoned in the Kolomna prison.
Assumption Cathedral
Kolomna, Lazareva St, 14
The Assumption Cathedral in Kolomna, located at 14 Lazareva Street, is the cathedral of the Kolomna Diocese and the Moscow Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church. The modern church was founded in 1378 in honor of the victory on the Vozha River and completed in 1382 after the battle with Mamai, although the old cathedral on this site was dismantled later under Archbishop Nikita. There is an opinion that in 1392 Theophanes the Greek worked on the temple, painting the Deesis, which was later transferred to the Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. It is also known that in 1380 Prince Dmitry prayed in the cathedral under construction before the Battle of Kulikovo, and in 1788 Bishop Theophylact (Gorsky) of Kolomna was buried here.
Church of the Resurrection of the Word
Kolomna, Dmitriya Donskogo Street, 16
The Church of the Resurrection of the Word in Kolomna stands on the northern side of the Assumption Cathedral and is considered the only surviving fragment of the grand-princely palace. At the coronation in 1366 in this church, Prince Dmitry noticed the priest Mityai, who later became his spiritual father and keeper of the grand-princely seal. In 1929, the church was closed, its dome, bell tower, and fence were destroyed, and the building was given to a sports hall; in 1992, the temple was returned to the parish of the Assumption Cathedral. Excavations in 2001 based on graffiti on the white stone basement clarified the construction date of the existing stone quadrangle to the very beginning of the 16th century, whereas previously the church had been wooden.
Church of St. Nicholas on Posada
Kolomna, Posadskaya Street, 18
The Church of St. Nicholas on Posad in Kolomna is a monument of federal significance, a status assigned to it in 1960, although the restoration did not begin until 1970. Only the lower tier of its red, detached, hipped-roof bell tower, built in 1716 and nicknamed "Sorokozvon," has survived, while the icons and wall paintings were lost in the 1930s. In 1992, the building was transferred to the Old Believer Orthodox community. The nickname "Wet" Nicholas is associated with an icon depicting the saint saving a baby who fell into water, and among the donors of the parish before the construction of the stone church were the grain merchants Bichevins and merchants Ivan Alekseev and Ivan Bichevin.
Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 14
The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Kolomna is located on Sobornaya Square. The modern five-domed building was erected in 1858–1861 with donations from merchant Filipp Nazarovich Tupitsyn in place of the dismantled church of 1776, and it was consecrated by Metropolitan Filaret. Inside the church are new iconostases with images of Sergius of Radonezh, Seraphim of Sarov, John of Kronstadt, and Dmitry Donskoy, and the western wall is adorned with the painting "The Last Judgment" depicting the blessed elder Matrona. Despite the removal of the heating boiler after the revolution, services in the church continued even in winter, but in the late 1920s the church was closed and devastated.
Epiphany Church in Gonchary
Kolomna, Goncharnaya Street, 8
The Epiphany Church in Gonchary in Kolomna was founded as a stone Spassky Church, but was consecrated in honor of the Epiphany on July 7, 1689, for an unknown reason. The church has preserved wooden choirs located along the northern and western walls of the main volume. In the church house of this temple, on December 26, 1782, Saint Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, was born, and his grandfather Nikita Afanasyev was ordained as a priest of the Epiphany Church in 1773. The parish priest Iakov Brilliantov, who led the community in the late 1920s, suffered for his faith in 1937.
Church of Boris and Gleb
Kolomna, Bolshaya Zaprudnaya Street, 25
The Church of Boris and Gleb in Kolomna was built of stone in 1716–1726 in the style of Russian Baroque with funds from local residents K. Zhitnikov and N. Nabokov; the architect's name is unknown. The temple was first mentioned in documents of the 16th century as a wooden church, and in the 18th–19th centuries a refectory with a chapel of the Righteous Zechariah and Elisabeth and a porch with columns were added. During the Soviet era, the building was used for repair workshops, warehouses, and for tank repairs during the Great Patriotic War, and in 1995 the temple was returned to believers and its revival began.
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 24A
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is located in Kolomna on the territory of the Kolomna Kremlin near the Pyatnitskie Gates. The temple, returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1994, has two altars: a lower warm one dedicated to the Exaltation of the Cross and an upper cold one dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra. In the same year, the community was given ancient icons, a new two-tiered iconostasis was created, and pilgrimage activities began to develop in the parish. This is a two-story building, where an unusual path leads to the rotunda of the second tier: a spiral staircase in the bell tower, a passage along the roof of the refectory, and a bridge along the ridge.
Church of the Ascension
Kolomna, Krasnogvardeyskaya Street, 8A
The Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Kolomna is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. The double-light domed rotunda of the temple is built in the likeness of the rotunda on the Mount of Olives, which is why the church is called the "Kolomna Olivet". The original wooden seven-tiered iconostasis from 1797 with columns has been preserved in the temple, some carved overlay relief and several icons have partially survived, and in the row of the forefathers the saints Jacob, Abraham and Joseph are depicted. Among the holy relics are a cross with a particle of the Life-Giving Cross and an icon of the blessed Matrona of Moscow with a particle of her relics.
Church of the Conception of John the Baptist in Gorodishche
Kolomna, Gorodishchenskaya Street, 102A
The Church of the Conception of John the Baptist in Gorodishche of Kolomna, founded in 1308, is famous for its temple icon "John the Baptist, Angel of the Desert with the Life" measuring 170 by 102 cm, created in the 1390s by a master from the circle of Theophanes the Greek. The facades of the church are divided by lisenes into three spans and are topped with trefoils, while the bell tower is a two-story square base with a hipped roof over the octagonal belfry. The church's relief depicts a beast whose exact species is not determined: it could be a dragon, a griffin, a leopard, a unicorn, a basilisk, or a symbol derived from the coats of arms of the Suzdal princes.
Church of Elijah the Prophet in Sandyri
Kolomna, Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii Street, 73
The Church of Elijah the Prophet in Sandyri is a stone temple built in 1834 with funds provided by peasants Georgy Fyodorovich and Galaktion Gerasimovich Bakulins. The building's gable roof was covered with iron, a gilded eight-pointed cross made of white tin stood on the dome, and inside there was a gilded carved five-tiered iconostasis. In 1907, Alexey Pavlovich Bakulin became the church warden, and in 1910 he received a gold medal on St. Andrew's ribbon for his work on the beautification of the temple. Patronal feasts are celebrated on August 2, the day of the Prophet Elijah, as well as on May 22 and December 19, the days of Saint Nicholas, when the Bakulins brought a choir of Moscow singers.
Church of John the Theologian
Kolomna, Dvukh Revolyutsiy Square, 1
The Church of John the Theologian in Kolomna is located on the Square of Two Revolutions and has the status of a cultural heritage site of federal significance in Russia. The stone church with a chapel of the Martyr John the Warrior was built on Zhitnaya Square after a fire, and in 1835 a new iconostasis was installed in the main church, the gilding of which was paid for by the Kolomna townsman F. G. Dremyazgin. In 1865, a quadrangle of trading premises was built around the church according to the design of architect I. A. Dagaev. Among the shrines of the church, the icon "Nicholas with his Life" stands out, which N. M. Karinsky dated to the end of the 14th century, and V. N. Lazarev noted its rebellious spirit, echoing Pskov icons.
Church of Michael the Archangel
Kolomna, Grazhdanskaya Street, 71
The Church of the Archangel Michael in Kolomna is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. Before the Revolution, the chapel of St. John the Warrior at the city prison was assigned to the church, where priests ministered to the prisoners. In the 1930s, the church was closed, and a museum was placed in its building, which was described as a bright, spacious hall with stands on gray canvas. In 2007, the temple was transferred to the Church, after which the partitions inside were dismantled, the vault was reinforced, the white stone floors were restored, and the heating system was completely replaced. The quadrangle of the temple is equal in height and width to the refectory, forming a single external volume, highlighted by side porticos with pediments and crowned with a rotunda with a hemispherical dome.
Church of Saint Nikita the Martyr
Kolomna, Posadskaya Street, 32
The Church of St. Nikita the Martyr in Kolomna is a single-dome, pillarless structure, which is a high two-story quadrangle covered with a closed vault. In 1773, at the expense of merchant Ivan Meshchaninov, the bell tower, porch, and northern chapel were rebuilt in the church, and part of the 1830 frescoes were preserved on the vault and walls. The church owned a two-story house, where the prosphora maker lived on the lower stone floor, and the upper wooden floor was rented out. In the 19th century, infants suffering from "colic" were brought to the church for blessing and applying a copy from the altar to the sore spot.
Church of St. Nicholas the Guest
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 16
The Church of St. Nicholas the Guest in Kolomna, located at 16 Lazareva Street, was built in 1514 by Bishop Mitrofan of Kolomna at the behest of Grand Prince Vasily Ivanovich. In 1929, the temple was closed, the upper tiers of the bell tower and drums were destroyed, and in the 1930s, the stone fence with wrought-iron grilles was demolished. During the 1848 reconstruction, the windows of the building were widened and the facades were redesigned, but elements of the three-lobed completion and the base of the drum with kokoshniks were preserved under the plaster and new roof. In the early 20th century, the church housed icons of St. Nicholas of Zaraysk, the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" and "Don", as well as a carved image of the Suffering Savior. During the Soviet era, the building was used as a transit point and a sports school.
Church of Peter and Paul
Kolomna, Meshkova St, 2a
The Church of Peter and Paul in Kolomna is located at 2A Meshkova Street and historically is a cemetery church, for which a stone bell tower was built in 1825 with donations from residents. In 1818, merchant Firs Bocharnikov provided the church with a shop, the income from which was shared between the clergy and the church, and in 1857, Emelyan Dobychin made a contribution in favor of the church. After restoration, the church was consecrated with a great rite on December 2, 2016. During the Soviet era, the Museum of Combat Glory was located in the building, opened in 1977, and until 1997 it also housed a gym.
Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos
Kolomna, Moskvoretsky Lane, 8
The Church of the Intercession of the Virgin in Kolomna is a pillarless church in the style of mature Classicism, erected on the foundation of a building from the late 17th century in memory of the intercession of the Mother of God in 1812. Its facades are painted blue, and the white decoration resembles lace. A two-chapel refectory adjoins the church, covered by a system of cross vaults, and the chapels are dedicated to the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God and Saint Gregory the Theologian. A Sunday school and a children's Orthodox summer camp operate at the church.
Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos of the New Golutvin Monastery
Kolomna, Lazareva Street, 11
The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Novo-Golutvin Monastery in Kolomna was built in the 1680s as a house church for the Bishop's Palace, representing a two-domed quadrangle with a southern side chapel. In 1782, it was abolished, and a consistory chamber was placed inside, while the decoration was transferred to the Church of St. Simeon Stylites. After the abolition of the Kolomna Eparchy in 1799, the church was reconsecrated as St. Sergius Church, and in 1823, a new brick church in the pseudo-Gothic style was erected in its place. The Great Consecration of the chapel of St. Sergius of Radonezh in this church took place on September 1, 2010, and the building is a recognized cultural heritage site of Russia.
Church of the Nativity of Christ
Kolomna, Posadskiy Ln, 4
The Church of the Nativity of Christ in the Kolomna Posad was built in 1725 with two side chapels, a refectory, and a bell tower. The current building combines classical style with earlier Baroque elements, and in 1870 an extensive warm refectory in the form of a spacious hall appeared between the bell tower and the church. In 1997, a restoration began, during which the altars of the refectory were restored, new iconostases were installed, and the dome was rebuilt. The church has three altars: the main one is consecrated in honor of the Nativity of Christ, while the northern altar of the Annunciation and the southern altar of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God are located in the refectory.
Trinity Church in Yamskaya Sloboda
Kolomna, Tolstikova Street, 56
The Trinity Church in the Yamskaya Sloboda of Kolomna is located at 56, Tolstikov Street. The temple ensemble was formed gradually: the bell tower was built in 1823 according to the design of architect Leontiy Karlon, the refectory was erected in 1858, and the main church building was constructed in 1868. The main patronal feasts fall on Trinity Sunday, the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos on September 21, and the day of the Prophet Elijah on August 2. Since 1902, a public library has been operating at the church, and the chapel of the Passion Icon of the Mother of God with the revered carved image "Passion" was assigned to the temple.
Church of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God
Staroye Bobrenevo, Kolomensky District, Bobrenev Monastery
The Church of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God is located in the village of Staroye Bobrenevo, Kolomna District, on the territory of the Bobrenev Monastery. The church in the Late Classicism style was built in 1860–1861 with funds from David Ivanovich Khludov on the site of the ruins of the Entry into Jerusalem Church. In 1941, a western vestibule with an upper sacristy room was added to the building, and on August 29, 2005, Metropolitan Yuvenaly performed the Great Consecration of the restored church. It is believed that the miraculous Feodorovskaya Icon that was kept here disappeared without a trace after the confiscation of the monastery's valuables in 1922.
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