Category:Malaya Ordynka

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Malaya Ordynka boasts the Ostrovsky museum. Nikolay Ostrovsky, a famous Russian playwright, was born here in 1823. As he was the first writer to depict a unique spirit of this region beyond the Moscow-river, he was often called “Columbus of Zamoskvorechye”. Right opposite Ostrovsky museum there is the Church of St. Nikolay in Pyzhy (Malaya Ordynka, 8). It was constructed in 1670-1672 for Streltsy regiment headed by Bogdan Pyzhov; Streltsy themselves provided funds for construction. The church is lavishly decorated and the domes are covered with pure silver; evidently, royal guard had no lack of money. The church’s slender bell tower is one of the most beautiful ones in the city.

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