The Voskresenskiye Gates and the Iverskaya Chapel

We now leave Red Square. In front of you can see the chapel of the Iverskaya Icon of the Blessed Virgin at the Voskresenskiye Gates. These gates is also called the Triumphal Gates because Russian tsars entered Red Square through it. The ramshackle gates was renovated in 1680, and there emerged two high roofs crowned with double eagles. An icon of the Christ Resurrection was placed above the gates, and that is where its present name originated from - Voskresenskiye Gates (from the Russian word "Voskreseniye" meaning "Resurrection").

The modern look of the Iverskaya Chapel (11) comes from the late 18th century when it was rebuilt by Matvey Kazakov, a famous architect. Citizens always loved this chapel and never started any business without praying to the miracle-working icon. Merchants would come here before signing a deal; students and grammar-school boys would pray here on the eve of exams. The icon cured the ill. The chapel as well as the gates were pulled down in the 1930s but were restored in 1995.

So, having come through the Voskresenskiye Gates we find ourselves in Manezhnaya Square (23). On the left, there is the Historical Museum (178) and a monument to marshal G.K.Zhukov (21) in front of it. This monument by Vyacheslav Klykov, a Russian sculptor, was put in place in May, 1995 during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of victory over the Nazis. We turn to the Alexander Gardens (51) and see Arsenalnaya tower (26) in the corner; farther there is the Troitskaya (Trinity) Tower (30) crowned with narrow roof resembling the top of the Spasskaya Tower (3). It also used to have a chiming clock on it but it was destroyed in the fire of 1812.



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