Title

Graves in the cemetery of the Novodevichy (New Maidens') Convent, Moscow, Russia, 1929. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Graves in the cemetery of the Novodevichy (New Maidens') Convent, Moscow, Russia, 1929. Standing on the bank of the Moskva River, the convent was founded in 1524 in commemoration of the conquest of Smolensk in 1514. The Bolsheviks closed the convent in 1922 and converted it into a museum, but in 1994, after the fall of the Soviet Union, nuns returned. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk.

Date

1929

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM19D90_075

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,3Mb (1,1Mb) / 7,3in x 9,7in / 2192 x 2916 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior religious architecture politics monastery country religion cross death Christian Christianity location century cemetery grave graveyard Russia Russian convent rebellion communism revolution overgrown NEGLECTED closed concept outside twenties B&W MONOCHROME USSR Soviet Union black & white black and white B W 1920s 20th century Russian Orthodox 1917 nunnery Russian Revolution photograph Unknown Union of Soviet Socialist Republics New Maidens Convent Novodevichy Convent Fine Art Images photograph