The beautiful St Nicholas' Church at Bolvankovka was built between 1697 and 1712 and is a wonderful example of Naryshkin baroque and the Uzorochye style with wonderfully decorated window frames and kokoshniks. In form the church is an example of a ship church with the main part of the building attached to a bell tower via a two-storey closed vestibule. In 1920 the church was closed and almost demolished in 1944 with the construction of Taganskaya metro station, although instead it was later given protected status. In 1990 the church was returned to the Orthodox Church and restored.