Kolomenskoe

High up over the steep banks of the Moskva River in a picturesque landscape an ancient site of Kolomenskoye stands surrounded by near-by settlements where sacred things of the Russian people have been created, shown to the world and kept carefully for centuries. 2,5 thousand of years ago one of the most ancient Moscow settlements called Dyakovo gorodishche (Dyakovo site) appeared. The first document to have mentioned the village of Kolomenskoye is the will chart of the Moscow's Grand Prince Ivan Kalita; it is dated by 1339.
The ХIV century marked a new stage in the development of Kolomenskoye: it became the summer residence of Moscow Grand Princes and Russian tsars. A unique architectural ensemble was created here in ХVI and ХVII c. in order to express the splendour and magnificence of the Russian monarchy; it is culturally and historically invaluable. "The eighth wonder of the world", the wooden Palace of tsar Alexey Mikhailovich does not exist anymore; but it was preserved carefully in memories of contemporaries. The white-stone basement of the ancient Palace was discovered by archaeologists from N.A. Krenke's group. The small state museum was based in Kolomenskoye complex in the 20's of the XX c.; it was transformed into The State Art and Historical-architectural Museum-Reservee "Kolomenskoye". Different monuments composing the ensemble of Kolomenskoye, such as the architectural monuments of the 16th-19th centuries remained of the tsar's estate, as well as those of the old Russian wooden architecture of the 17th-18th centuries brought to Kolomenskoye: Church of the Ascension, Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, Bell-Tower of St.George, Cottage of Peter the Great and others

Address: prospect Y.V. Andropova,
39 Metro station: "Kolomenskaya"