 Mifananidzo yeRed Square yakadhirowewa naFyodor Alekseyev, yakaitwa muna 18001802, inoratidza kuti panguva iyi chechi yakanga yakakomberedzwa neboka rezvivako zvokutengeserana zvinoratidzika kuva zvisina kurongeka; mitsara yezvitoro yakashandura Red Square kuva chivanze chakareba uye chakavharwa. Muna 1800 nzvimbo yaiva pakati pemasvingo eKremlin nechechi yakanga ichiri kugarwa nemugero wakatangira kuvakwa chechi yacho pachayo. Mugero wacho wakazadzwa mukugadzirira kugadzwa kwaAlexander I muna 1801. Mauto eFrance ayo akapinda muMoscow muna 1812vakashandisa chechi sematanga uye vakapamba chinhu chipi nechipi chaikosha kutora. Chechi yakaponeswa neMoto weMoscow 1812 uyo wakaparadza Kitai-gorod, uye nekukundikana kwemauto kuiputsa maererano nemirairo yaNapoleon. Zvinhu zvemukati zvakagadziridzwa muna 1813 uye zvokunze muna 1816. Panzvimbo pokutsiva mataira eceramic akanga asipo etende guru, Chechi yakasarudza kungorifukidza nedenga resimbi. 