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Tserkov Nikolaya Chudotvortsa v Khamovnikakh,
Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kamovniki. After the tsar ordered
cloth workers from Tver to settle in this part of Moscow near the Krymski
bridge, they dedicated the church in honor of their patron saint. At first they
worked in the 'kadishi' the linen-makers shops whose trade was well established
a century before. The Kadashi made all the tools required for linen making. The
newcomers took their name from the Dutch word Kham. As such they were excluded
from taxation, but were forbidden to mix by marriage with the other slobodas.
It was also unlawful to live in their neighborhood except by special permission
after an argument was presented to the tsar. This was the case of Khariton
Dmitriyev, the son of Tmekov, who asked Tsar Feodor Mikhailovich to move in
with his family in 1627. Such requests were not all that common. However, the
sloboda grew and their church was built of brick in 1678. The stone church was
begun in 1657 and consecrated in 1682. The chapel of the Icon of the Blessed
Virgin's Protection was built in 1872. The church is a monument to the skill of
Muscovite bricklayers.
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