Picture of Novodevichy Convent Guards Barricks

-- Novodevichy Convent Guards Barricks, Russian Convents and Monasteries also served as fortresses and from time to time prisons. One of the most beautiful Moscow convents, founded in the 16th century, for 400 years the Novodevichy Convent has witness and been the pArcticipant in important Russian historical events, connected with the names of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov, Sofia and Peter the Great.