Laperuz: The Novodevichy Bogoroditse-Smolensk Monastery was founded by the Grand Duke of Vladimir and Moscow Vasily III in 1524 in honor of the main shrine of ancient Smolensk — the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God.Новодевичий Богородице-Смоленский монастырь
Laperuz: The Novodevichy Bogoroditse-Smolensk Monastery was founded by the Grand Duke of Vladimir and Moscow Vasily III in 1524 in honor of the main shrine of ancient Smolensk — the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God.Новодевичий Богородице-Смоленск