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church in

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(

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), formerly the tallest building in

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. It may still be seen from

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. A wooden church on this site was documented as early as 1493. The elongated five-domed church with an elegantly "laced" belfry was constructed between 1687 and 1695. The interior was frescoed in the late 17th century.

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's soldiers desecrated the church, turning it into a stables. In the 19th century, the icon screen was restored, the galleries and

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s were expanded, and several outsize domed porches were added. The church was closed by the Soviets in 1934 and was adapted for accommodation of a

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archive. It was not returned to the

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until December 2006. There was much media focus on the Kadashi Church in 2010 when Moscow mayor,

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, ordered the demolition of several old buildings near the church, including a deacon's house from 1813, in order to replace them with an elite apartment complex. The decision was viewed as Luzhkov's latest attack on Moscow's architectural heritage in the interests of building companies and sparked a resistance campaign labelled the " battle of Kadashi" by the Russian media.

References

External links

Official website
* {{commonscat-inline, Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashi Churches completed in 1695 17th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Russian Orthodox churches in Moscow 1695 establishments in Russia 17th-century churches in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow