Business center “White Square. Old Believer Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker near Tverskaya Zastava Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of the Tver Old Believer Community

Address: Russia, Moscow city, Butyrsky Val, 8
Directions: m. "Belarusian"
Architect: I.G. Kondratenko (project), A.M. Gurdjienko (work management)
Architectural styles:Modern, Neo-Russian style
Year built: Between 1914 and 1921.
Church. Valid.

Thrones: Nicholas the Wonderworker, Elijah the Prophet
Belokrinitsky consent
Coordinates: 55.77775, 37.5857
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker at the Tverskaya Zastava (Old Believer) - built on the site of the wooden chapel of the Rakhmanovs. The construction of the temple began in 1914 and continued until 1921. On March 16, 1914, the last divine service was held in the old chapel with the removal of icons and utensils. During construction, the author of the project, architect I.G. Kondratenko, was removed from business, and his colleague, A.M., was assigned to oversee the construction. Gurdjienko. The money for the construction was allocated by the largest representatives of the Moscow commercial and industrial world: P.V. Ivanov, A.E. Rusakov and others. By the time of the October Revolution, the building of the temple was already almost completed, the bells were even raised to the bell tower. However, the finishing work was so delayed that the main altar of the temple (Nicholas the Wonderworker) was consecrated in 1921, which is a unique case for those years. In the bell tower, a chapel was consecrated in honor of Elijah the Prophet. Life in the temple lasted only 14 years. In 1935 it was closed.
In the 1940s, the temple housed an air defense depot. Later, it housed the workshop of the sculptor S.M. Orlov. It was here that he worked on the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky. Then it housed the workshop of the All-Union Art and Production Plant named after. E.V. Vuchetich.
In 1993, the temple was transferred to the Old Believer Metropolis. The first prayer service in the aisle of Elijah the Prophet took place on August 2, 1995. The largest bookstore in Moscow selling Old Believer literature (opened in 1993) is located in the temple.

Nicholas the Wonderworker at Tverskaya Zastava, temple
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker near Tverskaya Zastava - an Old Believer church; built on the site of a wooden chapel on Tverskaya Zastava Square.
The construction of the temple began in 1914, consecrated - in 1921. It is an architectural monument.
The first project of the temple was carried out by I. G. Kondratenko (1856-1916) in 1908 by order of the Old Believer merchant I. K. Rakhmanov, who owned a site on the spit of Butyrsky Val and Lesnaya Street in the style of white-stone Vladimir architecture. For Kondratenko, who built dozens of tenement houses, this was the first project in temple construction. The project was then approved by the city government, but construction was postponed for unknown reasons. Six years later, the community called on another architect - A. M. Gurzhienko (1872 - after 1932), who completed a completely different project. For Gurzhienko, a specialist in road works and rebuilding old buildings, it was also the first project of the temple.
Probably, by the time Gurzhienko was called, the zero cycle had already been completed, since the external outlines of the building exactly coincided with the Kondratenko project. But the temple itself is made in the style of early Novgorod architecture, approaching the historical Church of the Savior on Nereditsa, while inside it is pillarless (Kondratenko has six pillars). The hipped bell tower of the temple also imitates Novgorod belfries. Construction during the First World War was financed by P. V. Ivanov, A. E. Rusakov and others. At that time, two more large churches in the Russian style were located near the Tverskaya Zastava: the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky (architect A. N. Pomerantsev, 1915) on Miusskaya Square and the Exaltation of the Cross Church at the Yamsky Schools (1886). Both are destroyed.
Through the efforts of the community, the temple was completed and consecrated in 1921. Life in the temple lasted only 20 years. In 1941 it was closed by the Soviet authorities.
At the beginning of the Great patriotic war in the temple there was a warehouse of local air defense.
Later, it housed the workshop of the sculptor S. M. Orlov. It was here that he worked on the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky.
Then it housed the workshop of the All-Union Art and Production Plant named after. E. V. Vuchetich.
In 1993, the temple was returned to the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church. The first prayer service in the aisle of Elijah the Prophet took place on August 2, 1995. An Old Believer bookstore operates at the temple.

The name of the Yamskaya Tverskoy Sloboda was given by the settlement of coachmen existing here. Yamsky settlements began to form at the end of the 16th century, when the need arose for regular communication within the country. So, Boris Godunov settled at the Tver Gates of the Wooden City a whole settlement of coachmen, whose duty was the Yamskaya chase - the delivery of mail and royal messengers along the road connecting the capital with Tver and Novgorod. The settlement increased over time and was built up with long parallel rows of houses along the main road. The resulting streets were named Tversky-Yamsky under different numbers. And over time, the yamskaya labor was supplanted by the railroad, and the former yamskaya settlement became an ordinary district of the city.

BC White Square - I am madly attracted to this place. Here, as if, for a few minutes you find yourself abroad. The spirit of the West lives here. In the White Square Business Center, office blocks of various sizes are rented, such as famous companies like: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, McKinsey, Microsoft, Swedbank. We look:


Church on Belorusskaya

The triumphal gate stood for a little over a hundred years. But in 1936, the area near the Belorussky railway station was completely replanned and the arch was dismantled. According to the plan for the reconstruction of the square, it was assumed that it would be reassembled in the same place, but for some reason the plan was not fulfilled in this part. In a disassembled (and, of course, plundered) form, it lain somewhere in warehouses for 30 years. Only in 1966-1968. it was finally decided to restore it, but in a different place, on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, next to the Panorama Museum of the Battle of Borodino. I had to work hard: at the Mytishchi plant, 12 columns were cast from the only surviving column.
The Belorussky railway station itself is also interesting from the point of view and architecture. Its first building was built in 1871. In Soviet times, it was called the "gateway to Europe". Trains ran from here to Berlin and Paris.
In the coming years, a large-scale area is again waiting for change. It is assumed that there will be a small park area and an impressive underground shopping mall.
If you exit the metro station following the signs to Lesnaya Street, you will see a very beautiful, strict Old Believer church of the early 20th century. With a picturesque ornament unusual for Moscow churches.

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PS yes, I did not expect such trolls in the comments, to be honest, all this verbiage does not hurt me at all, but only speaks of your one-sidedness. I didn't say good or bad, I just showed the pictures and it caused so much, excuse me, shit and whining - "as it was good before, a hundred years ago." You can gather a detachment and go blow up this center, since it is so hated by everyone, only stupid srach stop writing. Nothing will change from this incompetent swearing and other things, but word flickers rejoice and more diligently knock on the buttons for them to enjoy all this. If the word "west" is like hell for you, then go to other cities and live there, create your own movement, look for like-minded people, like eco-villages in Siberia. Everything that is written here is directly whipped up by "Doctrine 77", it is very similar. I wish you good luck in nostalgic for Moscow, which no longer exists, live in the present, and not pseudo pride in the city, which, I am sure for the majority, is not your native and never was, but it is fashionable now to shit and make fun of everything, which is obvious from the answers! It is fashionable to be rude and write complete nonsense, if only someone would notice it and respond with the same nonsense. I like this center, and it does not fit into the surrounding buildings, but in itself it is very organic. Someone spoke about "clinging" to the church - this is true, but the architecture is specially thought out in such a way as to see it from any corner and not forget that you are in Russia. Good luck.

Well, what about others! In connection with the loss of all my collections of our St. Nicholas Church, in the common people - "in Belarusian", I will start re-uploading old and not very photographs. I'll try to give some explanation.

To begin with, a little reference Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker near Tverskaya Zastava, built on the site of a wooden chapel on Tverskaya Zastava Square. The construction of the temple began in 1914.
The first project of the temple was completed by I. G. Kondratenko (1856-1916) 1908 on the order of the Old Believer merchant I. K. Rakhmanov, who owned a plot on the Butyrsky Val spit of Lesnaya Street in the style of white-stone Vladimir architecture. For Kondratenko, who built dozens of tenement houses, this was the first project in temple construction. The project was then approved by the city government, but construction was postponed for unknown reasons. Six years later, the community called on another architect, A. M. Gurzhienko, who completed a completely different project. For Gurzhiyenko, a specialist in roadworks and reconstruction of old buildings, this was also the first project of the temple.

Probably, by the time Gurzhienko was called, the zero cycle had already been completed, since the external outlines of the building exactly coincided with the Kondratenko project. But the temple itself is made in the style of early Novgorod architecture, approaching the historical Church of the Savior on Nereditsa, while inside it is without pillars (Kondratenko has six pillars). The hipped bell tower of the temple also imitates Novgorod belfries. Construction during the First World War was financed by P. V. Ivanov, A. E. Rusakov and others.

Through the efforts of the community, the temple was consecrated in 1920. In the 30s, the Old Believer community was "compacted" ... there were communal apartments throughout the country, and then they decided. The basement was given to 7th Day Adventists, where Protestant services were held. Life in the temple lasted only 20 years. Before WWII in 1940. was closed, in the temple there was a warehouse of the Local Air Defense. Later, it housed the workshop of the sculptor S. M. Orlov. It was here that he worked on the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky. Then the workshop of the All-Union Art and Production Plant named after E. V. Vuchetich.
In 1993, the temple was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church. The first prayer service in the chapel of Elijah the Prophet was held on August 2, 1995. An Old Believer bookstore operates at the temple. The priest of the temple - Fr. Alexy Lopatin.

1916 (probably the oldest photo)

1917. "L. G. Kornilov went to Mogilev through Moscow, where the State Conference was taking place in those days. On August 13, on the second day of the meeting, General Kornilov was met at the Aleksandrovsky railway station. The arrival of the Supreme Commander was solemnly arranged. Lined up on the platform with an unfolded banner and a chorus of music, a guard of honor from the Alexander Military School. On its left flank stood a team of female cadets. Further, there were deputations of the union of officers of the army and navy, the union of St. female battalion of death. Among those who met were the ataman of the Don army Kaledin, State Duma, Commissar of the Provisional Government in Moscow. A review of the junkers of the accelerated courses of the Alekseevsky school was arranged.

Magazine "Projector" No. 4 for 1923.
Meeting by the Moscow proletariat of 23 communists released by the Soviet government from Polish prisons, headed by comrade. Dombal.

1928 Newsreel of the Tverskaya Zastava.

Tverskaya Zastava. View from the roof of house number 12 along the Leningrad highway, 1930

House of the guardhouse at the Belarusian railway station, 1931

BC "White Square" - this place madly attracts me. It's like being outside for a few minutes. The spirit of the West lives here. In the White Square Business Center, such well-known companies as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, McKinsey, Microsoft, Swedbank rent office blocks of various sizes.

• The address: st. Lesnaya, 5SS
• How to get there:
  
  1) Metro:
  metro station "Belorusskaya" of the Circle line, exit to Tversky-Yamsky streets. To exit the metro to the street, use the steps to the right. Once on the street, you will see the buildings of the Business Center in front of you.

  2) By car:
  - when driving along 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street towards the region, turn right onto Lesnaya Street. Business center "White Square" will be on the left in the direction of travel.
  - when driving along Leningradsky Prospekt to the center, having crossed the bridge over the Belarusian Railway, it is necessary to turn right to Tverskaya Zastava Square, then make a left turn, as if bypassing the square. At the traffic lights (intersection with 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street), keeping to the left lane, move towards Butyrsky Val. 400 m after the intersection, on your right, right after the church, the White Square Business Center will be located.
  - You can park your car either on Lesnaya Street or on Butyrsky Val Street.

Church on Belorusskaya.

The triumphal gate stood for a little over a hundred years. But in 1936, the area near the Belorussky railway station was completely replanned and the arch was dismantled. According to the plan for the reconstruction of the square, it was assumed that it would be reassembled in the same place, but for some reason the plan was not fulfilled in this part. In a disassembled (and, of course, plundered) form, it lain somewhere in warehouses for 30 years. Only in 1966-1968. it was finally decided to restore it, but in a different place, on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, next to the Panorama Museum of the Battle of Borodino. I had to work hard: at the Mytishchi plant, 12 columns were cast from the only surviving column. The Belorussky railway station itself is also interesting from the point of view and architecture. Its first building was built in 1871. In Soviet times, it was called the "gateway to Europe". Trains ran from here to Berlin and Paris.

In the coming years, a large-scale area is again waiting for change. It is assumed that there will be a small park area and an impressive underground shopping mall. If you exit the metro station following the signs to Lesnaya Street, you will see a very beautiful, strict Old Believer church of the early 20th century. With a picturesque ornament unusual for Moscow churches.

At the gates of Moscow, on Tverskaya Zastava Square, there is a white-walled church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. From the main Moscow street, the temple community received the name "Tverskaya". The history of the community can be traced back to the beginning of the 19th century.

An architectural monument, built on the site of a wooden chapel. The construction of the temple began in 1914 and continued until 1921, the same year the temple was consecrated. Located on Tverskaya Zastava Square.

In the middle of the 19th century, a community of Old Believers was organized near the Tverskaya Zastava on land owned by the famous merchants Rakhmanov. In her possession there were two churches: a wooden chapel and a house prayer room.

Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker near Tverskaya Zastava built on the site of a wooden chapel. The construction of the temple began in 1914 and continued until 1921. On March 16, 1914, the last divine service was held in the old chapel with the removal of icons and utensils. On June 29, Archbishop John of Moscow consecrated the building.

During construction, the author of the project, architect I.G. Kondratenko, was removed from business, and his colleague, A.M., was assigned to oversee the construction. Gurdjienko. The money for the construction was allocated by the largest representatives of the Moscow commercial and industrial world.

By the time of the October Revolution, the building of the temple was already almost completed, the bells were even raised to the bell tower. However, the finishing work was so delayed that the main altar of the temple (Nicholas the Wonderworker) was consecrated in 1921, which is a unique case for those years. In the bell tower, a chapel was consecrated in honor of Elijah the Prophet.

Life in the temple lasted only 14 years. In 1935 it was closed. In the 1940s, the church housed a warehouse of the Local Air Defense. Later, it housed the workshop of the sculptor S.M. Orlov. It was here that he worked on the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky. Then it housed the workshop of the All-Union Art and Production Plant named after. E.V. Vuchetich.

In 1989, the Moscow City Council decided to remove the workshop from the church and turn it into a concert hall. However, these Soviet dreams were not destined to come true. In 1993, the temple was transferred, but not to the All-Union Musical Society, but to the Old Believer Metropolis. The first prayer service in the aisle of Elijah the Prophet took place on August 2, 1995.

AT Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker located the largest bookstore in Moscow selling Old Believer literature (opened in 1993).