The gate and chapel are wedged between the Moscow City Hall (to the left) and the State Historical Museum (to the right).

Resurrection Gate (Russian: Воскресенские ворота, also called Иверские ворота, for Iberian Gate) is the only existing gate of the Kitai-gorod in Moscow. It connects the north end of Red Square with Manege Square and gives its name to nearby Voskresenskaya Square. The gate adjoins the ornate building of the Moscow City Hall to the east and the State Historical Museum to the west. Just in front of the chapel is a bronze plaque marking kilometer zero of the Russian highway system. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x762, 191 KB) 19th-century postcard of Manezhnaya Square in Moscow Status: Public Domain / Source: Library of Congress / Site: Library of Congress File links The following pages link to this file: Moscow ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x762, 191 KB) 19th-century postcard of Manezhnaya Square in Moscow Status: Public Domain / Source: Library of Congress / Site: Library of Congress File links The following pages link to this file: Moscow ... Revolution Square and Moscow City Hall in 2000. ... State Historical Museum, as seen from Red Square The State Historical Museum of Russia is a museum of Russian history located at one end of Red Square in Moscow. ... Iverskiye Gates leading to Red Square are the only extant gates of the Kitai-gorod wall. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... For other uses, see Red Square (disambiguation). ... The Manege Square in 2002. ... Revolution Square and Moscow City Hall in 2000. ... State Historical Museum, as seen from Red Square The State Historical Museum of Russia is a museum of Russian history located at one end of Red Square in Moscow. ... The word plaque or placque may mean: Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: plaque, placque Dental plaque, a yellowish film that builds up on the teeth Atheromatous plaque, a buildup of fatty deposits within the wall of a blood vessel Mucoid plaque, a supposed thick coating of plaque in... Kilometre Zero of French national highways, located in Paris on the square facing the main entrance of Notre Dame cathedral, and considered the official center of the city of Paris. ...

The first stone gate leading to Red Square was erected in 1535, when the Kitai-gorod wall was being reconstructed in brick. When the structure was rebuilt in 1680, the double passage was surmounted with two-storey chambers crowned by two octagonal hipped roofs similar to the Kremlin towers. Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... Hipped roof is a special type of a roof, widely used in Russian architecture for churches and belltowers. ... The following is a list of towers of Moscow Kremlin Borovitskaya The Borovitskya Tower (Russian: Боровицкая башня) is a corner tower with a through-passage on the west side of the Kremlin. ...

Until 1731, the chambers were shared by the neighbouring Mint and the Central Drug Store. After Mikhail Lomonosov founded the Moscow University in the latter structure, the university press moved into the gate chambers. Nikolay Novikov, who ran the press in the late 18th century, turned the second storey into his headquarters. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ломоно́сов) (November 19 (November 8, Old Style), 1711 – April 15 (April 4, Old Style), 1765) was a Russian writer and polymath who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. ... Moscow State University campus M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет име&#1085... Portrait of Nikolay Novikov, by Dmitry Levitzky. ...

Since 1669, the wooden chapel in front of the gate has housed a replica of the holy icon of Theotokos, whose original is preserved in the Georgian Iveron monastery on Mount Athos. Hence, the name Iversky (that is, "Iberian") that stuck both to the chapel and the gate. In 1781, the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery constructed a new brick chapel on the spot. The star-splattered cupola of the structure was topped with a statue of an angel bearing a cross. A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Theotokos of Kazan Theotokos (Greek Θεοτόκος) is a title of Mary, the mother of Jesus. ... Capital Karyes Languages Greek, Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Bulgarian, Romanian Area 390 km² Population approximately 2,250 Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Greek Athonite, Hagiorite Αθωνίτης, Αγιορίτης Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως) is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece, called Άγιον Όρος (Agio Oros or Agion Oros or Holy Mountain) in Greek, transliterated often as (Hagion Oros). ... Ancient countries of Caucasus: Armenia, Iberia, Colchis and Albania Iberia was a name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli (4th century BC-5th century AD) corresponding roughly to the eastern and southern parts of the present day Georgia. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The New Cathedral (1904-08). ... The Annunciation - the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus (El Greco, 1575) An angel is a supernatural being found in many religions. ... The traditional form of the Western Christian cross, known as the Latin cross. ...

According to a popular custom, everyone heading for Red Square or the Kremlin visited the chapel to pay homage to the shrine. Beggars and outlaws would pray there next to the highest royalty and the tsar. It was there that the rebel Emelyan Pugachev asked Russian people for forgiveness a few hours before his execution. The ever-overcrowded chapel, with candles burning day and night, figures in works by Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Bunin, Marina Tsvetayeva, and H.G. Wells, to name only a few. The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin ( Russian: Московский Кремль) is the best known kremlin ( Russian citadel). ... Monomakhs Cap symbol of Russian autocracy, the crown of Russian grand princes and tsars Czar and tzar redirect here. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: , Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, September 9 [O.S. August 28] 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7] 1910) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist, educational reformer, vegetarian, moral thinker and an influential member of the Tolstoy... The Russian writer Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (October 10, 1870 - November 8, 1953), born in Voronezh, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933. ... Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: ) (October 9, 1892 – August 31, 1941) was a Russian poet and writer. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ...

In 1931, the Resurrection Gate and the chapel were demolished in order to make room for heavy military vehicles driving through Red Square during military parades. Both structures were completely rebuilt in 1994-1996.

View of the gate at the turn of the 19th century.

The gate and chapel before their destruction in 1931.

The reconstructed gate and chapel at night.

View through the gate toward Saint Basil's Cathedral. St. ...