According to the information portal Moscow 24, the Department of Cultural Heritage of the capital has made a decision to restore the church in the Bode-Kolychevs estate in Peredelkino. Prospecting work leading up to the restoration will begin next year. 'This building dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, although the wooden church that stood in its place has been known since 1646 ... The restorers will conduct research over the next year and determine how much work will be required to restore the original appearance of the building,' - these are the words of the head of the Moscow City Heritage Site Alexei Yemelyanov leads the official website of the mayor of Moscow. The Transfiguration Church, which is classified as an object of cultural heritage, is a construction of 1819, designed in the style of the then dominant classicism in architecture. The estate, on the territory of which the church is located, was owned by the Dollgorukovs at different times. The Razumovskys, Sollogubs, Samarins - and in the century before last it was acquired by the Bode family - the heirs of the ancient boyar family of the Kolychevs. During the Soviet decades, many buildings on the territory of the historic estate were lost. Since 1952, the residence of the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church has been located here.
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