"Behind the old house". Tokmakov lane.

Tokmakov Lane. Behind the old mansion, 1860 year of construction, the merchant of the second guild Kashirin Alexei Ivanovich (1831 - 1902) you can see the old church of the Ascension of the Lord on Gorokhovoye field (built 1788 - 1793) There was a time when on this place was a real pea field. The first temple was put here in the reign of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich (1596 - 1645) Now that time is perceived as in the saying - when Tsar Gorokh. The architect of the modern temple is considered to be Matvey Fedorovich Kazakov (1738 - 1812) (there is no exact data on the author of the project).