Category:Varvarka

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Guide to Moscow Streets

Varvarka is one of the main streets of Kitai-gorod.

The street was named after the Church of St.Varvara (Varvarka ul., 2), the patroness of trade, which stands in the very beginning of Varvarka since the 16th century. Imperishable relics of St.Varvara were said to cure people for serious diseases.

Another famous Church of Maxim the Blessed was built in the 17th century known as "Moscow Pisa Tower" due to its sloping walls. One of the oldest civil stone buildings in Moscow is situated in Varvarka – it is the Old English Court. It was built in 15-16th centuries by merchant Bobrischev who was actively trading with Britain. Ivan the Terrible presented the chambers to British merchants but after 100 years of owning this house they were forced to leave it: Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich was filled with indignation by the execution of Karl I in England and ordered to deport British merchants.

In the 16th century house No.10 belonged to boyar Nikita Romanovich Zakharyin-Yuriev, grandfather of the first Russian Tsar of the Romanov dynasty – Mikhail Romanov. This family also owned the Znamensky monastery; Znamensky cathedral has preserved to our days.

There is also Rossiya hotel In Varvarka. An entire block of old Moscow Zaryadye with ancient churches and beautiful houses disappeared in order to give space for Rossiya. All that is left of Zaryadye is the Church of the Conception of St. Anne - one of the oldest stone buildings in Moscow.

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