Located just off the Old Arbat on Spasopeskovskaya Ploschad is the pretty Transfiguration of the Saviour Church on Pesky with its tent-dome bell tower. It was built in 1711 replacing an earlier wooden version. The church was damaged by fire and looting during Napoleon's invasion of 1812 and subsequently restored. In 1849 walls were built around the church and ornamental gates were added in 1891; only the gates have survived. In 1932 the church was closed and from 1956 used as an animation studio of Soyuzmultfilm. It was returned to the Orthodox Church in 1991 and underwent restoration work. Work on repainting its frescos was only completed in 2004. The church is depicted in Vasili Polenov's famous painting 'Moscow Courtyard'.

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