Donskoy Monastery

Donskoy Monastery
Monastery information
OrderOrthodox
Established1591
Disestablished1918
Reestablished1992
DioceseMoscow
People
Founder(s)Feodor I of Russia
Site
LocationMoscow, Russia
Coordinates55°42′52″N 37°36′7.5″E / 55.71444°N 37.602083°E / 55.71444; 37.602083

Donskoy Monastery (Russian: Донско́й монасты́рь) is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591[1] in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from the threat of an invasion by the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey. Commanding a highway to the Crimea, the monastery was intended to defend southern approaches to the Moscow Kremlin.

  1. ^ "Донской-Богородицкий монастырь". Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron (in Russian). Vol. 11 (Домиции — Евреинова). 1893.