Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Bolvanovka

Zamoskvorechye District, Russia · built 1749

Church of Transfiguration of Savior in Bolvanovka, also abbreviated to Saviour in Bolvanovka, is an Orthodox church in Zamoskvorechye District of Moscow. The neighborhood, Bolvanovka (rus), derives its name from Russian bolvan, which could mean either a billet or, in obsolete sense, a non-Orthodox cult image. There have different Bolvanovka neighborhoods in medieval Moscow, a sign of wide Tatar presence (e.g. near Taganka Square).

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