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      🏛 Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery (Petersburg)

      Московский пр., 100

      A Russian-style convent with a restored bell tower; the cemetery holds Nekrasov, Tyutchev and Vrubel.

      Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery (Petersburg)
      © Nikolai Bulykin · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery (Petersburg)
      © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The convent was laid down by the Moscow Gate on 15 November 1849; Nicholas I laid the first brick.
      • Nikolai Yefimov's design repeated the layout of the Nikolaevsky military almshouse in Izmailovo near Moscow.
      • In the 1930s the bell tower was blown up to straighten Mezhdunarodny Prospekt — but the site was never built over.
      • The 55.5-metre bell tower was rebuilt and consecrated in 2021–2022.
      • The Byzantine-style Kazan Church was built in the early 20th century by Vasily Kosyakov.
      • In October 2011 queues many kilometres long stretched along Moskovsky Prospekt to see the Belt of the Virgin.
      • The convent is mentioned in Blok's poem Retribution.

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      • Moskovsky District: Novodevichy, the MiG and Chesma

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