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Church of All Saints and Memorial to Russian Heroes

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In our days, the Church of All Saints in Sokol is one of the significant landmarks of pre-revolutionary Moscow. In the courtyard of the church is a memorial dedicated to the victims of World War I and the revolutionary period in Russian history. Special attention is drawn to the large cross erected in honor of the cadets who fought against the Bolsheviks for Moscow and died in an unequal struggle. There is also an ancient tombstone of Prince Bagration, whose grave was destroyed. In the center of the memorial stands a cross in memory of the clergy and other residents of Moscow killed by the Cheka.

The memorial was created thanks to the efforts of Yanis Bremzis. It contains preserved old tombstones and new slabs, one of which is dedicated to the leaders of the White Movement, and another to the fallen Cossacks. Previously, there was a slab in memory of Cossack atamans, but it was destroyed by members of a leftist extremist group. Despite this, the memorial continues to exist and is respected among historians, supporters of the White Movement, and concerned individuals who hold commemorative events here.

The Church of All Saints was built between 1733 and 1736, when the suburban village of Vsekhsvyatskoye was located on this site. The initiator of the construction was the Imeretian princess Darya Archilovna, which is why services were conducted in Georgian for a long time, and representatives of the royal Georgian family were buried in the church's necropolis. During the years of the USSR, the burials were destroyed.

The church was erected in the style of Anninsky Baroque and is considered one of the most beautiful. However, it had to endure many trials. In 1812, Napoleon's soldiers desecrated the church, turning it into a stable for horses, but services resumed the following year. The greatest trials came during the Soviet era when the authorities attempted to destroy the church. Thanks to the efforts of local residents, the church survived, but in 1939 it was desecrated and closed, and the five-tiered iconostasis was burned by Cheka officers in the courtyard. After World War II, residents managed to obtain permission for services, and the church was fully restored only in the 1980s.

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Храм Всех Святых и мемориал памяти русских героев

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