The Novodevichy Convent, in south-western Moscow, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in the so-called Moscow Baroque style, was part of a chain of monastic ensembles that were integrated into the ...

MOSCOW, March 16. /TASS/. The fire at the belfry of the Novodevichy Convent in downtown Moscow has been extinguished, no one has been injured, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry told TASS.

An unusual piece of office equipment from the 19 th century has been found on Frunzenskaya Embankment. The pencil holder is made of colored metal and is decorated with the heads of little devils.

Photo: LORI/LEGION-MEDIA Novodevichy Convent is one of Moscow’s most beautiful architectural sites, established in 1524. It is located on a peninsula of sorts, surrounded on three sides by the Moskva ...

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