The Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery () in

Sviyazhsk Sviyazhsk (; ) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga Rivers. It is often referred to as an island since the 1955 construction of the Kuybyshev Reservoir downstr ...

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is a male Russian Orthodox monastery, included in

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list. It is said to be situated on the town-island of Sviyazhsk, but actually there is a road access by earth to the main territory. It was built in 1555, in the same time as

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was established, and was the main educational and enlightenment center there during XVI—XVIII centuries, in the program of Russian tzar

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to colonize

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region. In particular, it had one of the first

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es in Russia, along with

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. The frescoes of the Orthodox monastery are among the best preserved in Russia.

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