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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Orthodox |
| Established | 1591 |
| Disestablished | 1918 |
| Reestablished | 1992 |
| Diocese | Moscow |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Feodor I of Russia |
| Site | |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°42′52″N 37°36′7.5″E / 55.71444°N 37.602083°E |
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.
- ^ "Донской-Богородицкий монастырь". Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron (in Russian). Vol. 11 (Домиции — Евреинова). 1893.