St. Andrew 's Almshouse

In 1803, St. Andrew's almshouse appeared in Moscow, funded by Moscow merchants. Today, only one east wing of the 1805 building remains; in 1898, 956 people were admitted to the poorhouse. The trustees of the largest institution at that time were representatives of the Bakhrushin, Korolev, and Botkin families. Merchants and factory owners made huge donations. There were three churches: St. Andrew's Church, Voznesensky Church and the bell tower of St. John the Theologian. It also served as a parish church for residents, and in 1900 a parish school was opened in the Church of the Resurrection. In 1918, the poorhouse was converted into a commune of the 1st Moscow Gosznak Factory in Moscow. Employees of the State Sign established a school in the church of St. Andrew the Martyr Stratelates. The Church of the Resurrection of Christ was allocated for the club. Curiously, the Church of the Theologian was not closed, and services were held there until the end of the 1930s. In the 1960s, the Committee of Standards and Measurements and Instruments of the All-Union Scientific Institute was located here; in 1996, the Russian Orthodox Church donated the buildings of the St. Andrew's Monastery, which are in constant use.