The gallery was built in 1959 at the same time as ‘Leninsky Gory’ (now - Vorobyovy Gory) and quickly gained popularity and love among Muscovites.
3 escalators operated in the gallery, which joined
Monastery, endowed in 1648 by Boyar Feodor Rtishchev in honour of the victory of Russian troops in battle over Crimean Tatars at a ford outside Moscow in 1591.
The church with an over a half of a century history.