The Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (russian: Казанский монастырь, ''Kazanskiy monastyr'') is a

Russian Orthodox Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...

monastery in

Tambov Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Central Federal District, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna River (Moksha basin), Tsna and ...

, Russia. It is dedicated to the Theotokos of Kazan. The monastery was founded in 1670. In 1758 it was declared the main residence of local bishops. The monastery was closed in 1918 after the

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. In 1992 the monastery reopened and underwent renovation. The renovation was completed in 2007. The main church was consecrated in 1796. A small chapel commemorating the victims of the

Tambov Rebellion The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1921 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. The uprising took place in the territories of the modern Tambov Oblast and part ...

was unveiled by Alexios II in 1993. The monastery has the tallest belltower in Central Russia, rising to a height of 107 meters. This Neoclassical campanile was built between 2009 and 2014 to replace a smaller structure demolished by the Communists.

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