Tsar Aleksey Michailovich's son, Peter the First, liked to visit Kolomenskoye and took care of the Palace. Here the young prince held trainings of his «Poteshny regiments», undertook river expeditions on specially constructed ships. Nevertheless, vigorous historical events including removal of the Russian capital from Moscow to St.-Petersburg prevented the tsar from frequent visits to Kolomenskoye. The estate fell into a state of neglect. Peter the First's daughter Elizabeth tried to restore and repair the palace, but she failed because of the lack of money. On October 4th 1764 Empress Catharine the Second ascended the Russian throne came to the. ancient country residence. She liked the village and the Palace but after several inspections of the place she ordered to start construction of a new palace instead of the former stables and cattle yards near the Church of the Ascension. On the bank of the Moskva River a new 4-storied palace was built according to the design of architect Duke P.Makulov. However the estate had soon gone to rack and ruin. In 1812 the French army devastated the Catharine's Palace and in its place a new palace, Alexander's one, in the «Empire» style was built by architect E.Tjurin; this Palace was dismantled in. 1870-ties as it fell into decay. Out of the Palace buildings a household pavilion of 1825 has remained where exhibitions are arranged regularly nowadays.

In March 1917 in a store room of the Ascension Church the Great Thaumaturgic Icon of «The Virgin Majestic» was discovered which interceded the Russian people during the years of coming disaster.

1. Церковь Вознесения . 1532 г .

Church of the Ascension. 1532.

2. Георгиевская колокольня. 1-я половина XVI века.

Belfry of St. George. The 1st half of XVI century.

3. Водовзводная башня. Середина XVII века.

Vodovzvodnaya (Water) Tower. The middle of XVII century.

4. Передние (Дворцовые) ворота с органной палатой и часовой башней. 1673 г . Front (Palace) Gates, Organnaya Palata (Organ Chamber) and Sentry Tower. 1673.

5. Приказная палата XVII века ( пристройка XVIII века ).

Prikaznaya Palata (Intendant Chamber), XVII. The annexe dated XVI11 century.

6. Полковничьи палаты и ледники. XVII век.

Colonel Chambers and Ice-houses. XVII.

7. Сытный дворец. XVII век.

Sytny Yard (with dining rooms for house-serfs). XVII.

8. Казанская церковь. Середина XVII века.

Church of the Virgin of Kazan. The middle of XVII.

9. Спасские ворота. XVII век.

Spassky Gates. XVII.

10. Стена Государева двора. XVII век .

The wall of Sovereign Yard. XVII.

11. Церковь Усекновения главы Иоанна Предтечи в Дьяково. Середина XVI века .

Church of the Cutting off St. John the Baptist's Head in Dyakovo. The middle of XVI century.

12. Павильон. Хозяйственная пристройка дворца 1825 г., арх. Е . Д . Тюрин .

Pavilion. Household annexe to the Palace dated 1825. Architect E.D.Tjurin.

13. Домик Петра I. 1702 г .

Peter the Great's Cottage. 1702.

14. Проездная башня Николо-Корельского монастыря. 1692 г .

Entrance Tower and Gates of Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery. 1692.

15. Башня Братского острога . 1652 г .

Tower of the Bratsk Stockade. 1652.

16. Хозяйственная пристройка из села Преображенское. Начало XVIII века .

Household annexe from Preobrazhenskoye village. The beginning of XVII! century.