NOVODEVICHY MONASTERY is one of the most visited tourist sites in Moscow. Its walls remember the brilliant ups and sad downs, the court intrigues and prayerful sighs of royal nuns, the gloomy ranks of the oprichniks and the executions of rebellious archers. The decline of the Rurik dynasty, the accession of Godunov and the Great Troubles, the beginning of the Romanov reign, the Nikon reforms and the Petrovsky coup, the invasion of Napoleon and the cultural revolution of the early 20th century, all the main milestones of the country's life left their mark on the history of the monastery.

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