Location: Kazan
The monastery was founded in 1564-1568 in honour of Ivan the Terrible. After the fire in the middle of the 17th century, the wooden buildings of the monastery burned down. In 1662 stone buildings were erected: the unheated Ioanno-Predtechensky Church with three tent-shaped towers, the heated Church of the Ascension (Voznesseniya), a bell tower, monks’ quarters, a monastery wall with the outside church, and, at the end of the 18th century, a chapel designed by Kaftyrev. The small Ascension Church of 1652 has survived to these days. It is adorned with five onion-shaped cupolas and a bell tower. Both buildings are brick in the 17th century Moscow baroque style.
Photo: Sergey and Masha Popovy www.sobory.ru
Photo: Andrey Roshektaev www.sobory.ru
Photo: Sergey and Masha Popovy www.sobory.ru
The Ascension Church 
Photo: Sergey and Masha Popovy www.sobory.ru
Photo: Vasiliy Shelyomin www.sobory.ru
