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The Shartoma Monastery of St. Nicholas (Николо-Шартомский монастырь, ''Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery'') is a

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monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

in the village of Vvedenyo near Shuya in the Ivanovo Region of

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. It takes its name from the small Shartoma (or Shakhma) river. It is the largest monastery in the region. The monastery has been known since the mid-15th century. It was looted by Poles in 1619 and ravaged by brigands in 1624. Work on the surviving five-domed

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(main church) began after a fire in 1645. At that time the monastery was transferred to its current location near the confluence of the Molokhta and

Teza River The Teza () is a river in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Klyazma, which is in turn a tributary of the Oka. It has a length of 192 kilometers and a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing ...

s. The new location was so advantageous for trade that an annual fair sprang up near the monastery, attracting merchants from all over

Zalesye Zalesye ( rus, Зале́сье, p=zɐˈlʲesʲjə, ''area beyond the forest'') or Opolye ( rus, Опо́лье, p=ɐˈpolʲjə, ''area in the fields'') is a historical region of Russia, comprising the north and west parts of Vladimir Oblast, t ...

and Upper Volga regions. The second surviving church was completed and consecrated in 1678. Before

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's secularisation reform, the Shartoma Monastery boasted a far-flung network of 9 filial monasteries. As a result of the reform, the monastery entered a period of decline, which gained momentum after the Nicholas fair had been discontinued. The

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closed the monastery and gave the buildings to a local

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. It was one of the first monasteries revived in the Soviet Union, as early as 1990. The crumbling buildings were repaired by more than 100 resident monks. The Shartoma Monastery is one of the largest in the Russian Federation in terms of resident monks.Русские монастыри: Поволжье. М.: Очарованный странник, 2003. . С. 179. It has served as the head office of the Shuya Eparchy since its establishment in 2013. It has

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es in

Ivanovo Ivanovo ( rus, Иваново, p=ɪˈvanəvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vlad ...

, Shuya,

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, and

Palekh Palekh (russian: Па́лех) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Palekhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. Population: Painting Palekh has a very long history in Russian iconography, the art of painting Ru ...

. It also operates a boys' orphanage in Ivanovo.

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* {{commonscat-inline, Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery Russian Orthodox monasteries in Russia Buildings and structures in Ivanovo Oblast Cultural heritage monuments in Ivanovo Oblast Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of federal significance Culture of Ivanovo Oblast