Church Of The Ascension In Kolomenskoye. Stock Photography

One of the few surviving monuments of the Ivan the terrible era in Moscow. And in the urban planning model of the medieval `Third Rome` Kolomenskoye was a symbol of the mount of olives, where the Ascension of the Lord took place. `For the sovereign.` Church of the ascension in Kolomenskoye. According to legend, the history of the village of Kolomenskoye began in 1237, during the invasion of Batu. Built in the first third of the XVI century. It is considered a unique architectural monument — the first stone tent temple in Russia. It is included in the UNESCO world heritage List.