Yakovoapostolsky Pereulok, which is off Ulitsa Zemlyanoy Val, gets its name from the St James the Apostle's Church located there. A church dedicated to St James (Yakov in Russian) the Apostle has been located here since at least 1620 and the first stone church was built in 1676. This original structure was added to and reconstructed in the 19th century. In 1932 the church was closed and its building was turned into a workshop. It was returned to the Orthodox Church in 1991 and services began again in 1994.

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