At the end of Ulitsa Pokrovka is a bell tower which is all that remains of St John the Baptist's Church at Kazyonnaya Sloboda. The church is known to have existed since 1625 and in 1772 the surviving bell tower was built on. After this the church was reconstructed in 1801 according to a plan by Matvey Kazakov, but this was demolished in 1936. In 2001, on the 200th anniversary of the demolished church, the bell tower was re-consecrated and fitted with eight bells of various sizes.

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