Malyy Gavrikov Lane was effectively destroyed during the construction of the Third Transport Ring, but it is still formally marked on Moscow maps. The only building listed at this address is the Old Believer church, devoid of crosses.

A secret prayer house existed at this location as early as 1784 in the Shibaevs' house, who owned the plot until 1878. At that time, Ivan Ivanovich Shibaev, one of the trustees of the Rogozhskoye Cemetery, transferred the building to the Old Believer community. After the decree on religious tolerance in 1905, the community decided to build a new church. Of the five projects proposed by leading Moscow architects, the design by I.E. Bondarenko was chosen, who had previously built two Old Believer churches in Moscow. Construction took place from 1909 to 1911.

The church was built using materials that were new for that time: the vaults and dome were made of reinforced concrete. The architecture of the temple belongs to the neo-Russian style, inspired by the northern Novgorod-Pskov architecture. The building has a tripartite structure: the side facades reflect a three-part structure that repeats the silhouette of the church, a similar technique is used on the sides of the bell tower, and its ringing tier from the west ends with three arched openings, the central one being larger than the sides. There are also motifs from metropolitan churches; for example, the tented top of the bell tower resembles the upper part of the tent of the Pokrovsky Cathedral on Red Square. The heads of the dome and bell tower were covered with gilded majolica tiles. Externally, the temple appears monolithic, but inside it is two-storied: the lower Uspensky church accommodates 300 people for daily services, while the upper Pokrovsky church is designed for 200 people for festive services. The interiors are adorned with ancient icons from the 15th and 16th centuries, donated to the community by S.P. Ryabushinsky.

The church was closed for services around 1931, and many of its icons ended up in the Tretyakov Gallery. From 1966, the church building housed the Spartak sports society, which equipped sports halls there. By the 1990s, the church had fallen into disrepair.

In the 2000s, restoration was carried out, during which the building was reinforced, some load-bearing structures were partially replaced, some lost elements were recreated, and the bricked-up openings of the bell tower were uncovered, which are now glazed. However, the bell tower and dome still remain without crosses, and the building is still occupied by a sports club.