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Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk
The Assumption Cathedral is located on the town island of Sviyazhsk and is part of the monastery of the same name. Sviyazhsk, located at the confluence of the Volga, Sviyaga and Shchuka rivers, was a crossroads of the Silk Road and the Volga River and was founded by Ivan the Terrible in 1551. It was from this outpost that he launched his conquest of the Khanate of Kazan. The geographical location and architectural composition of the Assumption Monastery reflect the political and missionary plans of Tsar Ivan IV to expand the territory of Moscow. The frescoes in the cathedral are one of the rarest examples of Orthodox frescoes.
Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
The Kazan Kremlin was built on ancient ruins dating back to the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Khanate of Kazan. In 1552, Ivan the Terrible conquered Kazan and made it a Christian diocese in the Volga region. The Kazan Kremlin is the only surviving Tatar fortress in Russia and an important pilgrimage site, consisting of a group of outstanding historical buildings dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries, incorporating remains of earlier buildings from the 10th to the 16th centuries.
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
The Ascension Church was built in 1532 on the Kolomenskoye Royal Estate near Moscow to celebrate the birth of the prince who later became Tsar Ivan IV (“the Terrible”). It is one of the earliest examples of the traditional wooden tent church with a stone and brick roof, which had a great influence on the development of Russian church architecture.