Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk

World Heritage
Russian Federation
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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.

# Cathedral of the Assumption
# monastery
# Ivan the Terrible
# Khanate of Kazan
# Volga River
# Orthodox murals

View towards the pier

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Horseyard of Uspensky Monastery

Trinity Church

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View of Uspensky Monastery

The island

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