Sukharev Tower
The Sukharev Tower ( Russian Сухаревская башня) was one of the most distinctive architectural landmarks of Moscow before its demolition in 1934 . The 66 m high tower was built in the Moscow Baroque style between 1692 and 1695 and stood at the intersection of the Garden Ring and Sretenka Street. From around 1700 it also served as an astronomical tower (observatory).
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The tower was built by order of Tsar Peter I as a watch and lookout tower at the Sretenka Gate, but it was always used for other purposes. He was first as barracks for the Sagittarius - Regiment used its commander Sukharev gave the tower its name. Later it housed the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation and the Admiralty . Count Jacob Bruce set up his astronomical observatory on the top floor, the first in Russia . Catherine the Great allowed the Moscow merchants to use the lower premises for shops and businesses.
A large market called Sukharewka existed around the tower in the 19th century . In Ilja Ehrenburg's novel In Prototschni-Gasse , this market plays a role several times. The Soviet government closed the market and initially used the tower as a museum for the city of Moscow.
The bride of the bell tower Ivan the Great , as the Sukharev Tower was called by Muscovites, was demolished in 1934 by the Soviet city administration as part of the Stalinist reconstruction of Moscow's inner city.
Web links
- Video about Sukharev Tower (Russian)
Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′ 22 ″ N , 37 ° 37 ′ 56 ″ E