Aristotle Fioravanti

To build a new cathedral was needed material - a white stone, except the remainder of the destroyed temple. The ancient white stone in the development Myachkove of Moscow were found to be suitable, and then Aristotle began to receive material. In addition, we need a brick. He did that before, was of poor quality and is actually a ancient plinfu so Fioravanti previously, prior to the construction site, put a brick factory Andronikova a monastery on the bank of the Moskva River, a brick factory that was better and had the old uniform standard.

SV Zagraevsky shows that the main idea of the engineering Fioravanti when building the Assumption Cathedral was the inclusion in the stone masonry technique elements (vaults, pillars, drum, east wall above the altar apse) in such a way that the whole building preserved «white» (v. f. for such time «empire» ) image. For the first time in Russian architecture appeared, and a thickness of X-sets in a single brick, and metal vnutristennye and proemnye connection. With the erection of an altar in the eastern arches of additional kompartimenty temple actually turned into a monolith, perceiving a significant portion of the burden of huge drums. Accordingly, it is possible to build in central and western parts of the cathedral on the thin circular pillars, creating a sense of coherence ( «zalnosti») and the ease of design.

Build the wall began in 1475, then set the internal columns, which was to build a set. Hidden altar barrier east square pillars of the Assumption Cathedral - full brick. Round pillars also made of bricks, but are faced with white stone. Sami Wall cathedral were laid in polubutovoy technique of white stone.

The cathedral was completed in 1477, although there were still trim, which took about two years. August 15, 1479 a solemn consecration of the cathedral.

Outwardly, the Assumption Cathedral is very close to the same cathedral in Vladimir, which was taken as a model, although a number of different architectural features. Inside, the first time in Russian architecture, huge cathedral was not divided into smaller spaces, but rather appeared in the whole volume.