50 rubles 1990 USSR – Russia gold coin – Gabriel the Archangel Church Moscow
€320.00
50 rubles proof coin
Gold 900/1000
quality proof;
diameter 22,60 (-0,15)mm
weight 8.75 g.
Mintage 25000 pcs
Date of issue: 1990
Out of stock
Description
500th Anniversary of the United Russian State
The 500 Anniversary of the United Russian State 1707 year The Church of the Archangel Gabriel
Menshikov Tower (Russian: Меншикова башня), also known as the Church of Archangel Gabriel, is a Baroque Russian Orthodox Church in Basmanny District of Moscow, within the Boulevard Ring. The church was initially built in 1707 to order of Alexander Menshikov by Ivan Zarudny assisted by Domenico Trezzini, a team of Italian-Swiss craftsmen from Ticino and Fribourg cantons and Russian stonemasons from Kostroma and Yaroslavl. The earliest extant Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, Menshikov Tower was substantially altered in the 1770s. The church traditionally functioned in summer only; in winter the congregation assembled in nearby Church of Theodor Stratelates, built in 1782–1806. Church of Saint Theodore also provides the bells for ritual ringing: despite its height, Menshikov Tower does not have bells.
