Church of the Consolation of all Sorrows
From Moscowiki
Church of the Consolation of all Sorrows (Bolshaya Ordynka ul.,20) was paid for by Dolgovs, a rich merchant family, who lived in the opposite Neo-Classical mansion dated 1770. Dolgov’s son-in-law, architect Vasily Bazhenov, designed the belfry and the church itself in 1787; later, in 1833, it was reconstructed in Empire style by Osip Bove, a chief architect of Moscow reconstruction after the fire of 1812. Yellow round church surprises with its rather "civil" architecture: its façade will brilliantly suite any noble’s mansion. The belfry and refectory remained unchanged since late 18th century: in Soviet time it was under the patronage of the Tretyakov Gallery, and its staff did their best to preserve the church.
