Transfiguration Monastery

The Transfiguration Monastery is a former Russian Orthodox monastery founded in 1192. The monastery is positioned inside the city of Staraya Russa, on the right financial institution of the Polist River. It is currently occupied by means of the Staraya Russa Town Museum. The monastery became founded in 1192 via Martiry Rushanin, who constructed the wood Transfiguration Church. At the time, the area belonged to the Novgorod Republic, and the construction of the church became authorised with the aid of Grigory, the Archbishop of Novgorod. In 1193, Martiry himself turned into promoted to be the Archbishop of Novgorod and Pskov.

Presumably, the wooden church burned down, and in 1198, Martiry based the stone Transfiguration Church, which still exists. In 1442, the church become extensively rebuilt. Between 1611 and 1615, at some stage in the Ingrian War, Staraya Russa, and the monastery mainly, had been occupied through Swedish troops. The monastery turned into badly damaged and rebuilt sooner or later within the middle of the 17^th century. The Transfiguration Church was drastically altered. Some of the present church buildings had been built inside the 17th century. The wall and the towers originate from the 19th century. The monastery turned into abolished after the 1917 October Revolution, and the homes were badly damaged at some point of the World War II. Most of the cell homes have been eventually demolished.