Aristotle Fioravanti

Upon his return to Italy Fioravanti works in Rome and Bologna, and in 1473 the event of an occurrence likely podtolknuvshee architect for departure to Russia at the invitation of Russian ambassador.

In June 1473 Aristotle Fioravanti was suddenly arrested and charged with selling fake coins, for which he was denied all privileges available. The accusation was false, and in 1474 held a meeting with Russian Ambassador Semyon Tolbuzin sent to Italy to find an architect to work in Moscow.

Ivan III was urgently required experienced and talented architect, as in 1474 in the Moscow Kremlin was an accident - fell nearly dostroenny new Assumption Cathedral. Pskovskie wizard, inspect struck the building, concluded that "no kleevita lime stone is not so strong, but the construction of a new cathedral is not started, and Semen Tolbuzin was on the advice of Sophia Paleolog immediately sent to Italy for a suitable specialist.

Perhaps a meeting with Fioravanti Tolbuzin was held in Rome, and after signing the contract in 1475 sixty architect's son and servant within the embassy went to the Moscow principality.

On arrival, an Italian architect in Moscow showed the Sofia First Chronicle, which means that he came «to the great day» (for Easter), and not one, but «as taken with him that his son Andrew Aristotel name, yes parobka, Petrushev am» .

The work of Aristotle Fioravanti in Moscow began with the dismantling of the ruins of the Assumption Cathedral Krivtsov and Myshkin. Clearing space for new cathedral took the entire week - 7 days have been completely removed that was constructed three years. Demolition debris walls has been using «sheep» - oak logs, iron-bound to hang for «pyramid» of the three beams and, shaking, beater into the wall. When this was not enough, in the lower part of the remaining wreckage of the wooden wall peg stakes and burned them. Parsing the wall would have ended sooner if the workers to finish quickly to make a stone from the yard.