Category:Bolshaya Ordynka

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Bolshaya Ordynka has a name with a very deep historical roots. It was long ago, in the 14th century, when Prince Ivan Kalita began to unite the principalities of former Kievskaya Rus, conquered by Mongols, under his dominion. His breakthrough was that he got a right to gather the tribute himself, not accompanied by Mongol tribute-collectors. That time the road to South appeared to convey the gathered goods to Golden Horde ("orda" in Russian). Now only the name Ordynka reminds us of those severe times when this street was the main road to the Mongol capital. Poorly settled in medieval times, in 17th-19th centuries it was rapidly occupied by rich merchants and nobles, who didn’t want or had no money to live on the other side of Moscow-river.

You may find the Church of Resurrection in Kadashi, Church of the Consolation of all Sorrows and the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God here, and Tretyakov Gallery nearby.

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