look, this is how the protector of the lands of mazhai and moscow has been here since the 14th century. and imagine how deep the connection between the mazhai and moscow kremlin is, there the nikolskaya tower with the image of st. nicholas of mozhaisk protects the heart of our russia, and here st. nicholas of mozhaisk protects the borders of the moscow principality. the hatred of the european conquerors towards the saint was almost irrational. the french partially blew up the nikolskaya tower, but only the icon case with st. nicholas survived, in mozhaisk the image of the saint was sought napoleon himself. but the residents walled up the revered image in the wall of the cathedral, a century and a half later this place was found. this is exactly the supposed place where in 1812, the residents of mazhaysk hid the image of nikola to save it from ours. and now, exactly 100 years later, unknown restorers saved under a layer of plaster on the nikolskaya spasskaya towers of the kremlin the icons that from the first days began to irritate the bolsheviks so much. the notes of the kremlin comman

nicholas of mazhai protects the heart of our russia, and here st. nicholas of mozhai protects the borders of the moscow principality. european conquerors to the saint was almost irrational. the french partially blew up the nikolskaya tower, but only the icon case with nikola survived, napoleon himself was looking for the image of the saint in mozhaisk. but the residents walled up the revered image in the wall of the cathedral, and a century and a half later this place was found. this is exactly the supposed place where in 1812 - the residents of mozhaisk hid the image of nikola to save it from the invasion of napoleon's army. they laid it with masonry, whitewashed it, so the image was preserved. and in exactly the same way, more than 100 years later, unknown restorers saved it under a layer of plaster on nikolskaya and ispasskaya towers of the kremlin icons, which from the first days began to irritate the bolsheviks so much. notes of the kremlin commandant, pavel malkov: dirty, blackened, almost entirely with broken glass and long-extinguished lamps