Place of worship
Novodevichy Convent
Novodevichy Passage, 1, Moskva, 119435
Fortified sixteenth-century convent of red brick and gilded domes, once a prison for exiled royal women.
This guide to Novodevichy Convent in Moscow centers on Sophia Alekseyevna, who ruled Russia as regent for seven years before her half-brother, the future Peter the Great, came of age. It follows her exile here in 1689 after his supporters forced her out, and the streltsy uprising nine years later that tried to restore her to power while Peter was abroad in Europe. Look up at the same red brick walls and gilded domes that stood behind her through both events.
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