Assumption Church

About museum

The Assumption Church impresses with its elegance and harmonious proportions, as well as the ornamentation of its decorative elements. Archaeologists believe that the lost parts of the complex, including the gallery-gulbishche (a covered gallery) and the passageways to other buildings, were no less beautiful. The church's southern portal is particularly attractive, framed by rare six-petaled floral motifs. It is possible that the church was completed in the 1520s, when Vasili III visited the Sloboda with his second wife, Elena Glinskaya. Adjacent to the ancient core of the church is a refectory decorated with 17th-century heraldic glazed tiles. In the old cellars there is the exhibition 'The Last Secret of Ivan the Terrible', and in the undercroft rooms — the interesting exhibitions 'The Tsar's Kvass' and 'In a Merchant's Shop'. On the forecourt of the refectory chamber is the exhibition hall 'Hall of Contemporary Orthodox Art', where exhibitions on Orthodox themes are held regularly.