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About
About Ascension Convent
Ascension Convent, known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maidens' Convent until 1817 (Russian: Вознесенский монастырь, romanized: Voznesensky monastyr), was a Russian Orthodox nunnery in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of grand princesses, tsarinas, and other noble ladies from the Muscovite royal court. It was destroyed in 1929 on the orders of Joseph Stalin.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1386 CE
- Excavation
- Not applicable
On the ground
Structures & features
55.7506° N · 37.6175° E · 3 mapped features
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