diff --git a/dbms/include/DB/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.h b/dbms/include/DB/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.h
index 64333192b3c..ddcf7672e48 100644
--- a/dbms/include/DB/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.h
+++ b/dbms/include/DB/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.h
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ public:
 	  *  (для случая выполнения запроса из существующего файла с метаданными).
 	  */
 	StoragePtr execute(bool assume_metadata_exists = false);
+
+	/** AST в список столбцов с типами и обратно. Столбцы типа Nested развернуты в список настоящих столбцов.
+	  */
+	static NamesAndTypesList parseColumns(ASTPtr expression_list, const DataTypeFactory & data_type_factory);
+	static ASTPtr formatColumns(const NamesAndTypesList & columns);
 	
 private:
 	ASTPtr query_ptr;
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterAlterQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterAlterQuery.cpp
index d1f1d685c5d..ae2d5a2aa9e 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterAlterQuery.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterAlterQuery.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void InterpreterAlterQuery::addColumnToAST(StoragePtr table, ASTs & columns, con
 	{
 		if (!typeid_cast<DataTypeArray *>(datatype.get()))
 		{
-			throw Exception("Cannot add column " + add_column.name + ". Because it is not an array. Only arrays could be nested and consist '.' in their names");
+			throw Exception("Cannot add column " + add_column.name + ". Because it is not an array. Only arrays could be nested and contain '.' in their names");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
index b0031878625..540f2585b7d 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <DB/Interpreters/InterpreterSelectQuery.h>
 #include <DB/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.h>
+#include <DB/DataTypes/DataTypeNested.h>
 
 
 namespace DB
@@ -114,15 +115,7 @@ StoragePtr InterpreterCreateQuery::execute(bool assume_metadata_exists)
 		/// Получаем список столбцов
 		if (create.columns)
 		{
-			ASTExpressionList & columns_list = typeid_cast<ASTExpressionList &>(*create.columns);
-			for (ASTs::iterator it = columns_list.children.begin(); it != columns_list.children.end(); ++it)
-			{
-				ASTNameTypePair & name_and_type_pair = typeid_cast<ASTNameTypePair &>(**it);
-				StringRange type_range = name_and_type_pair.type->range;
-				columns->push_back(NameAndTypePair(
-					name_and_type_pair.name,
-					context.getDataTypeFactory().get(String(type_range.first, type_range.second - type_range.first))));
-			}
+			columns = new NamesAndTypesList(parseColumns(create.columns, context.getDataTypeFactory()));
 		}
 		else if (!create.as_table.empty())
 			columns = new NamesAndTypesList(as_storage->getColumnsList());
@@ -135,34 +128,13 @@ StoragePtr InterpreterCreateQuery::execute(bool assume_metadata_exists)
 		else
 			throw Exception("Incorrect CREATE query: required list of column descriptions or AS section or SELECT.", ErrorCodes::INCORRECT_QUERY);
 
-		/// Дополняем запрос списком столбцов из другой таблицы, если его не было.
-		if (!create.columns)
-		{
-			ASTPtr columns_list_ptr = new ASTExpressionList;
-			ASTExpressionList & columns_list = typeid_cast<ASTExpressionList &>(*columns_list_ptr);
-
-			for (NamesAndTypesList::const_iterator it = columns->begin(); it != columns->end(); ++it)
-			{
-				ASTPtr name_and_type_pair_ptr = new ASTNameTypePair;
-				ASTNameTypePair & name_and_type_pair = typeid_cast<ASTNameTypePair &>(*name_and_type_pair_ptr);
-				name_and_type_pair.name = it->name;
-				StringPtr type_name = new String(it->type->getName());
-
-				ParserIdentifierWithOptionalParameters storage_p;
-				Expected expected = "";
-				const char * pos = type_name->data();
-				const char * end = pos + type_name->size();
-
-				if (!storage_p.parse(pos, end, name_and_type_pair.type, expected))
-					throw Exception("Cannot parse data type.", ErrorCodes::SYNTAX_ERROR);
-
-				name_and_type_pair.type->query_string = type_name;
-				columns_list.children.push_back(name_and_type_pair_ptr);
-			}
-
-			create.columns = columns_list_ptr;
-			create.children.push_back(create.columns);
-		}
+		/// Даже если в запросе был список столбцов, на всякий случай приведем его к стандартному виду (развернем Nested).
+		ASTPtr new_columns = formatColumns(*columns);
+		if (create.columns)
+			*std::find(create.children.begin(), create.children.end(), create.columns) = new_columns;
+		else
+			create.children.push_back(new_columns);
+		create.columns = new_columns;
 
 		/// Выбор нужного движка таблицы
 		if (create.storage)
@@ -238,7 +210,6 @@ StoragePtr InterpreterCreateQuery::execute(bool assume_metadata_exists)
 
 		if (create.is_temporary)
 		{
-//			res->is_dropped = true;
 			context.getSessionContext().addExternalTable(table_name, res);
 		}
 		else
@@ -255,4 +226,47 @@ StoragePtr InterpreterCreateQuery::execute(bool assume_metadata_exists)
 	return res;
 }
 
+NamesAndTypesList InterpreterCreateQuery::parseColumns(ASTPtr expression_list, const DataTypeFactory & data_type_factory)
+{
+	NamesAndTypesList columns;
+	ASTExpressionList & columns_list = typeid_cast<ASTExpressionList &>(*expression_list);
+	for (const ASTPtr & ast : columns_list.children)
+	{
+		const ASTNameTypePair & name_and_type_pair = typeid_cast<const ASTNameTypePair &>(*ast);
+		StringRange type_range = name_and_type_pair.type->range;
+		columns.push_back(NameAndTypePair(
+			name_and_type_pair.name,
+			data_type_factory.get(String(type_range.first, type_range.second - type_range.first))));
+	}
+	columns = *DataTypeNested::expandNestedColumns(columns);
+	return columns;
+}
+
+ASTPtr InterpreterCreateQuery::formatColumns(const NamesAndTypesList & columns)
+{
+	ASTPtr columns_list_ptr = new ASTExpressionList;
+	ASTExpressionList & columns_list = typeid_cast<ASTExpressionList &>(*columns_list_ptr);
+
+	for (const NameAndTypePair & it : columns)
+	{
+		ASTPtr name_and_type_pair_ptr = new ASTNameTypePair;
+		ASTNameTypePair & name_and_type_pair = typeid_cast<ASTNameTypePair &>(*name_and_type_pair_ptr);
+		name_and_type_pair.name = it.name;
+		StringPtr type_name = new String(it.type->getName());
+
+		ParserIdentifierWithOptionalParameters storage_p;
+		Expected expected = "";
+		const char * pos = type_name->data();
+		const char * end = pos + type_name->size();
+
+		if (!storage_p.parse(pos, end, name_and_type_pair.type, expected))
+			throw Exception("Cannot parse data type.", ErrorCodes::SYNTAX_ERROR);
+
+		name_and_type_pair.type->query_string = type_name;
+		columns_list.children.push_back(name_and_type_pair_ptr);
+	}
+
+	return columns_list_ptr;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageFactory.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageFactory.cpp
index 50e768c924b..7d8a1507e7b 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/StorageFactory.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/StorageFactory.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ StoragePtr StorageFactory::get(
 	NamesAndTypesListPtr columns,
 	bool attach) const
 {
-	columns = DataTypeNested::expandNestedColumns(*columns);
-
 	if (name == "Log")
 	{
 		return StorageLog::create(data_path, table_name, columns, context.getSettings().max_compress_block_size);