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Tserkov' Kosmi i Damnana v Shubnne, Church of
Saints Cosmas and Damian in Shubino, is located on Stoleshnikov lane between
Tver and Dmitrov streets next to the square across from the City Hall on which
the statue of Yuri Dolgoruki stands. It has an unpretentious appearance from
the outside, but the inside is well worth visiting. The stone church was built
in 1626 to replace an earlier wooden one. Unfortunately the fine bell tower was
leveled to the first floor in 1930. One idea for the name - Shubnne - is that
this was the locale of the homes of the shuba makers. Another is that before
that here stood the court of the home of the boyar Yakob Shub who led Dmitri
Donskoi's troops against Ol'gered's Lithuanians. There are two chapels one
named for Cosmas and Damian and one for the Resurection of Christ
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