Close to the River Yauza is the Intercession Church in Rubtsovo which was built in 1627 on the orders of Tsar Michael who spend time living nearby in the royal village of Prokrovskoe-Rubtsovo. The church has a single dome with three layers of kokoshniks beneath. A bell tower was added in 1787. In 1934 the church was closed and its cemetery and walls were destroyed. Later the building was used by a choir. In 1992 part of the church was returned to the Orthodox Church and in 2003 the remaining premises were returned after the choir found a new home.Close to the River Yauza is the Intercession Church in Rubtsovo which was built in 1627 on the orders of Tsar Michael who spend time living nearby in the royal village of Prokrovskoe-Rubtsovo. The church has a single dome with three layers of kokoshniks beneath. A bell tower was added in 1787. In 1934 the church was closed and its cemetery and walls were destroyed. Later the building was used by a choir. In 1992 part of the church was returned to the Orthodox Church and in 2003 the remaining premises were returned after the choir found a new home.

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