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The brothers Polezhaev, wealthy merchants... 

funded the construction of a cemetery church. 

Laid down on 26 September 1869 and built to the design of architect N.P. Grebyonki. The church was consecrated on 2 February 1873 in the name of the icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God, which from about 1876 became the common name of the cemetery. 

Two icons, one of Saint Dimitry of Rostov, and one of Saint Mary of Egypt, were painted by Pavel Pleshanov for the church. In 1825 the church and cemetery were visited by Emperor Alexander I, prior to his journey to Taganrog.

The burial vault of Polezhaev family... 

was in the crypt of the church. 

In 1901 the church underwent renovations. 

In 1918 archpriest Peter Skipetrov of the Gate Church, who had been shot and killed during an early attempt by the Bolsheviks to requisition the monastery on 19 January 1918, was buried under the church's altar. 

The church was closed in 1931, and between 1935 and 1937 it was converted into a post office, with the destruction of its facades and interiors. With the establishment of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture, the building housed its scientific department. 

And now houses an exhibition hall...

as part of the museum.

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