Hidden just off Ulitsa Pokrovka is the beautiful yet run-down Presentation of Virgin Mary Church at Barashy. The current version of the church was built between 1688 and 1701 in the architectural style known as Moscow baroque. The church comprises a tall two-storey structure with a single dome attached to an 'octagon-on-cube' bell tower. The church also features a side-chapel with a single dome and its windows are decorated with carved frames. In 1932 the church was ordered to be closed and demolished, but it was saved from demolition and turned into accommodation and later a workshop. The workshop was relocated in 1979 leaving the church half ruined. Shortly afterwards restoration was begun. In 1993 the church was returned to the Orthodox Church.

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