Bona Ventura

Kolomenskoye · Moscow

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye

Церковь Вознесения Господня в Коломенском

Place of worship

One of the first tent-roofed stone churches in Russia, ordered by Vasily III in thanks for an heir, the future Ivan the Terrible; it mixes Russian kokoshniks with Western pilasters and stands on the edge of the river bank.

Address
prospekt Andropova 39, Moscow (Kolomenskoye)
Hours
Exhibitions Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00; park daily 05:30-23:00 (mgomz.ru, Oct 2026)
Best time to go
Morning, Evening · About 40 min
Price
Exterior free; the basement exhibition and main space are ticketed via mgomz.ru (price not verified)
Price level
₽

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Good to know

  • Its architect is thought to be the Italian Petrok Maly (RUSSPASS Journal).
  • Walk on to the 16th-century Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist by the Golosov ravine (RUSSPASS Journal).

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