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The Smolny Convent is a complex of buildings from different periods. The oldest belong to the Novodevichy Convent of the Resurrection, located on the site of the Pitch Yard (Russian: Smolyanoi dvor )...
In 1710, Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE Peter the Great personally chose the site for the first monastery in St Petersburg, where the Black River (now the River Monastyrka) falls into th...