The fate of the First Nameless can hardly be called easy. It was first destroyed in 1547, but a few decades later it was restored by Moscow craftsmen by adding a hipped tier. At the end of the 18th century, the building was dismantled due to the construction of the Kremlin Palace. However, the construction of the palace was canceled by decree of Empress Catherine II, and the tower soon returned to its original place.

Once again, the Nameless Tower was destroyed during the hostilities of 1812. The restoration work, which was carried out a few years later, was led by the famous Russian architect Osip Ivanovich Bove, who made a huge contribution to the reconstruction of Moscow after the war with Napoleon.

Nowadays, the construction of the tower, which is about thirty-four meters high, is completed by a simple tetrahedral pyramidal tent. The interior of the building is made in the form of two tiers of vaulted rooms. There is a version that this particular tower was depicted by the Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin in his immortal painting “Napoleon from the Kremlin looks at the fire of Moscow”.