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Christ the Saviour Cathedral was built in honor of God, as a monument to the courage and bravery of the Russian people against Napoleon in 1812.
December 25, 1812, after the last soldier of the army, the Emperor Alexander I signed a manifesto on the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
The idea of memorial church belongs to the Russian Army General Mikhail Ardalionovitch Kikin.
To create a temple was a special imperial commission [...]

Church of Conception righteous Anna is one of the oldest buildings in Moscow survived to our time.
In modern times the church stands on the same spot where it laid the first stones. This is the angle between the China-town relocation and Moskvoretskaya embankment. The Church is one of the few surviving monuments of Old style carriers.
Is not known exactly when there was this beautiful temple. Some historians argue that [...]