The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Putinka
Uspensky Per., 4, p. 5, Moscow
Description:
The outer settlement of Putinka was in Moscow beyond the Tver Gate of the White City (on the site of the present Pushkin Square and Strastny Boulevard).The first mention of this area refers to the annals of the 14th century. Then there stretched the country "Great meadows", where there were two wide roads to Tver and Dmitrov. According to legend, here in the 16th century there was one of the country palaces of Tsar Basil the 3rd, later turned into the Travel Palace, where foreign ambassadors stayed in the 16th and 17th centuries. The name “Putinki” comes from the word “path”. It was necessary to enter the Travel Palace by Putinka, that is, crooked streets and alleys. The first mention of the temple in the chronicles dates back to 1621. After the temple was named and the alley on which it is located (before that - Passage lane).
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