Andrey Rublev Museumwhich is located within the walls of the Andronikov Monastery, is trying to achieve justice in court: due to the improvement of the adjacent territory and the expansion of the railway, the ancient monastery needs restoration.
press service of the Andrei Rublev Museum
Cracks and smudges on the walls of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery appeared after the construction of new railway tracks and landscaping of the square.
The Andronikov Monastery was founded in the 1350s and named after the disciple Sergius of Radonezh. Andrei Rublev took monastic vows in the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery – his painting can be seen in the Spassky Cathedral. This is the oldest temple in Moscow outside the Kremlin.
After the revolution, the monastery was closed, and later the Central Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art named after Andrei Rublev, the largest collection of ancient Russian icons, was located here.
Landscaping around the ancient walls was carried out back in 2021, but obviously with violations, which are pointed out in the museum. In addition, in the same 2021, the railway that runs near the monastery was expanded. And all this affected the soil and, accordingly, the walls, which began to crack. The museum’s management contacted the prefecture of the Central Administrative District, the state institution “Highways”, which developed the park, and Russian Railways.
In the end, everything came to court. There are now more than a hundred cracks – on the walls, towers, the One-Pillar Refectory of the early 14th century, the Church of the Archangel Michael at the end of the 15th century…
However, last week the Moscow Arbitration Court completely rejected the Andrei Rublev Museum’s claim against Russian Railways, RZDstroy and Mosvodokanal in the case of causing damage to a cultural heritage site of federal significance, which is the architectural ensemble of the former Spaso-Andronikov Monastery.
Geotechnical monitoring of damaged buildings was carried out by the company “Engineering Geology of Historical Territories”. All the cracks that experts discovered were indicated in the statement of claim, as well as information about significant ground settlement, which exceeds the permissible limits several times.
Hearings in the case began on August 19 this year. And already on September 24, the Rublev Museum received a categorical refusal to satisfy the claim.
“It was unexpected and inexplicable for us, because the initiative to conduct an independent forensic examination came precisely from judge Nadezhda Khaustova. Moreover, none of the defendants denied that the surveys showed soil subsidence, which caused deformation of the load-bearing structures of buildings and structures on the hill where the entire architectural complex stands, said Mikhail Mindlin, director of the Andrei Rublev Museum, to a Rodina correspondent.
Russian Railways and Mosvodokanal agreed with the court’s request to involve directly the project developer and the contractor as co-defendants. According to Mindlin, the judge logically proposed an independent examination to determine who was guilty. And then she herself refused to satisfy the claim.
– Now there is a operative part, but there is no motivational part, on the basis of which the decision was actually made. As soon as we have this decision, we will file an appeal,” said the director of the Andrei Rublev Museum.
The problem is that even if the court recognized the defendant now, the problem would still not be solved promptly, because nothing can be done without developing a restoration project. And its development by a special organization will take at least a year.
“Cracks in the walls and buildings of the Andronikov Monastery are so far the smallest problem associated with the expansion of railway lines,” noted Rustam Rakhmatullin, coordinator of the Arkhnadzor movement, in a conversation with a Rodina correspondent. “During their expansion, we lost two historic houses on Bassmanny streets – they were sacrificed for excavation, which was intended for the railway track. We lost the Kalanchevsky viaduct from the 1910s – it was simply replaced with a reinforced concrete structure that has no artistic meaning. Now we risk losing the Andronievsky overpass across the Yauza of the 1860s.
According to Rakhmatullin, the city fundamentally does not want to place engineering structures, at least existing ones, under state protection:
– For example, even after the refusal to expand the overpass on Tverskaya Zastava Square and its repair, it was never officially recognized as an architectural monument. The Kalanchevsky overpass, as I already said, has been lost. The Syromyatnichesky Tunnel remains untouched: we hope it can be preserved.
It is unknown whether the walls and buildings of the Andronikov Monastery will be preserved from new cracks. So far, as they say at the Andrei Rublev Museum, visually the situation has stabilized. It remains to be seen who is responsible for the fact that initially everything was done incorrectly. If he answers, of course: you can refer to antiquity. The walls are supposedly old, and the cracks are from time…
Source: rodina-history.ru
