In Moscow, in the Central District "Tagansky", there is the Yauzsky Gate Square. From her leave the street Solyanka and Ustinsky travel. In the direction of the northeast begins Yauzsky Boulevard. In the south-east direction is located with the same name street.
The area of the Yauzsky Gate appeared inthe nineteenth century. The name was given thanks to the location. Near the square of the Yauzsky Gate was the White City. It was built in the 16th century. and was located near the mouth of the river. Yauza.
For the first time the area of the Yauz Gate is mentioned inchronicles of the 16th century. During this period, around the Moscow White City was erected a fortress wall. In the place of the convergence of the main streets appeared a gate from the approaching Yauzskaya street. Now in this place - turn to the Great Ustyinsky bridge. There are bent tram ways. The name of the Yauz Gate was preserved even after the demolition of the fortress walls of the White City.
Located next to the square Astakhovsky Bridge -the oldest in the Russian capital. It was rebuilt only in 1940. The mouth of the Yauza River in former times was called the Holt. This was due to the fact that the merchants who stayed at the place stopped to rest, which rafted their goods along the rivers.
After a while, Yauza lost her statusnavigable reservoir. The area was still very popular. Near the Yauz bridge there was a road junction in different directions: to Kolomna, Vladimir and Ryazan. In 1917, the standard-bearer Ilarion Astakhov was killed in a place of contact of roads by policemen. As a result, the bridge was renamed in his honor during the Soviet era.
Next to the square of the Yauzsky Gate there werepopular Silver Baths. Not far from them was a small house in which Ostrovsky lived. At the beginning of the Yauzsky Boulevard was a building that was favored by the merchants of tea, and the temple of the Yauzsky Gate, built as far back as 1629.
The area was often used by filmmakers. Filming was conducted on many works of classics. Attracted to the filmmakers architecture, preserved the greatness of the 19-20 centuries.
The church of Peter and Paul at the Yauzsky Gate was built inthe period from 1700 to 1702. Initially, the building was brick. The temple consists of a 2-a-side refectory and a three-tier bell tower, which was built in 1771. It has a sacristy and was built in the early classicism.
In the 18-19 centuries. The refectory of the temple was rebuilt.It is possible that the original walls were left untouched. The temple did not stop its work, so it kept all the icons and interior decoration. Part of the interior was borrowed from the ruined cathedrals that were nearby. Now the church has become the home of the Orthodox Serbian Church.
At the present time, the area of the Yauzsky Gate incity handbooks do not have borders. It's just a rectangle of land about 30x20 meters. It was in this place that the Yauz gates earlier stood. Now there are tram ways. On the site of the Yauzsky Gate there is a crossroads along which traffic continuously moves.