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Chambers in Kadashevskaya Sloboda, 17th - early 18th centuries

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House 7/9, building 1 on 1st Kadashevsky Lane, adjoins the territory of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashe, built from 1687 to 1704 with funds from the merchant family Dobrynins. The site for the church was chosen deliberately: a wooden church had stood here since 1493, which later burned down. Initially, the church was called "the church of the Resurrection, which is on the Griazyakh."

The name of the area is linked to the village of Kadashevo, mentioned in Ivan III's will in 1504. There is an opinion that the name of the village is related to the production of kady (barrels), but historical documents do not confirm this version. Most likely, it comes from the ancient Turkic word "kadas," meaning "companion," as a member of a community or sloboda. Later, a center for weaving production appeared here, known since 1613. In 1622-1623, Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich confirmed the privileges of Kadashevskaya Sloboda, which became "the state’s hamovnya," supplying patterned fabrics to the court. Seamstresses, weavers, artists, and jewelers worked here. Trade flourished due to exemption from taxes and duties, which contributed to the wealth of the sloboda and its residents, allowing them to build stone houses, including the chambers of interest to us.

Unfortunately, information about the first owners of the chambers has not survived. However, only a prosperous resident of Kadashevskaya Sloboda could build a house near the church. Previously, 1st Kadashevsky Lane was called Resurrection Street and was the main street of one of the largest and wealthiest slobodas in Moscow.

According to the census books of Moscow from 1738-1742, the property belonged to "Commissioner Lev Leontievich Shokurov." In 1752, it passed to the key keeper of the Annunciation Cathedral, Mikhail Danilov. In 1761, Danilov's daughters sold it to the Moscow merchant of the 1st guild, Matvey Alexeyevich Ratkov, and then the property passed to his widow T. Ratkova. In 1804, it was sold at auction to merchant Fyodor Ivanovich Mochalov, and later belonged to his widow Anisya Mochalova.

In the mid-19th century, the property was acquired by merchant of the 3rd guild Mikhail Petrovich Kalashnikov. In 1893, it passed to his son Pyotr, a wealthy merchant and honorary citizen. Pyotr Mikhailovich Kalashnikov was a trustee of several charitable societies, a member of the Moscow City Duma, a deputy chairman of the Society of Upper Trading Rows in Moscow, the owner of a watch shop, and the church elder of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashe.

In 1914, his heirs sold the property to peasant Yegor Dmitrievich Lebedev.

To this day, fragments of the undercroft of the chambers from the late 17th century have been preserved in the house, with an entrance to the internal staircase at ground level and white stone masonry. Here, there was likely an ice cellar under a wooden covering. The entrance to the chamber in the northern part of the house was apparently located under the porch.

Currently, the chambers are privately owned and protected by the state as a cultural heritage site of federal significance.

Geo point

Палаты в Кадашевской слободе, XVII, начало XVIII вв.

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