Kolomenskoye is a historical and architectural museum-reserve on the banks of the Moskva River, with an area of ​​390 hectares. The village of Kolomenskoye was founded, according to legend, by the inhabitants of the city of Kolomna, who were fleeing from Batu Khan. From the 14th century Kolomenskoye served as the summer country residence of the Moscow rulers. Its unique architectural ensemble took shape during the 16th-17th centuries. The Kolomenskoye Museum was founded in 1923. Ancient wooden buildings from all over Russia were brought here: an outbuilding from the village of Preobrazhensky, the Mokhovaya Tower of the Sumy prison, the Holy Gates of the Nikolo-Korelsky monastery, the house of Peter I from Arkhangelsk, the tower of the Bratsk prison from Siberia. Other interesting buildings in Kolomenskoye: Church of the Ascension, the wooden palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, the Church of St. George, the Palace Pavilion, the Vodovzvodnaya Tower.
Since July 1990, one of the most revered icons, the Sovereign Icon of the Mother of God, has been in the Kazan Cathedral of the Museum-Reserve.