🏛 Boris and Gleb Monastery (Borisoglebsky Monastery)

Дмитров, ул. Минина

A 15th-century monastery on the eastern edge of the old centre: white walls with towers and the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb.

The monastery is first mentioned in 1472, in the will of Prince Yuri Vasilyevich.
According to a legend not confirmed by documents, the monastery was founded by Yuri Dolgoruky.
The Cathedral of Boris and Gleb was built in the 16th century, probably at the same time as, and in the same style as, the kremlin's Dormition Cathedral.
After the fire of 1672 the monastery was rebuilt in stone, and the gate Church of St Nicholas was erected in 1685–1687.
In 1932 the administration of Dmitlag, the camp whose prisoners built the Moscow–Volga canal, was placed here.
In 2006 Rukavishnikov's monument to Boris and Gleb, two equestrian figures on one pedestal, was installed by the monastery walls.

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