MOSCOW - SCENES

 
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Tserkov' Uspeniya Presvyatoi Bogoroditsi, chto v Pechatnikakh on corner of Bolshaya Lubyanka and Sretinski street, view of the single dome of the church. It was begun in 1695 and altered in 1763. At one time it was called 'za Sretinskimi vrati v Pechatnikovye. Inside there are chapels dedicated to Nikoli Chudotvortsi (St Nicholas the wonderworker) and Rozhdestva Ioan Predmechi (Birth of John the Baptist). The name, pechatnkiakh, comes from the time when the printing industry was started in Moscow (at the Lord's Printing court) and a quarter was established here for the print shop workers who were called pechatniki. But no actual printing plant was located here. (See the description of the nearby Church of the Trinity on Listi below). View of the bell tower and section connecting it with the main part of the church

 
   

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