• Aerial view of Smolny Convent. ... The nearby Smolny Institute is named after the convent. The name "Smolny" derives from the location.
  • It was renamed as Smolny Convent. It was consecrated as a cathedral of all educational institutions in the name of the Resurrection of Christ in 1748.
  • In the 1740s Empress Elizabeth ordered the construction of a convent on the site of the Smolny House where she spent her younger years.
  • In 1764 she founded what was called the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens designed to “give the state educated women, good mothers, useful members of the...
  • Smolny Convent is a building complex, consisting of the Smolny Cathedral (Smolny Sobor) and surrounding houses, that were intended to become a nunnery.
  • Therefore, we recommend using public transport to reach the Smolny Convent: from the metro station “Chernyshevskaya” you can take buses 46, 22, tram 15
  • The Smolny Cathedral of the Resurrection is part of the surrounding architectural complex. The cathedral is surrounded by the buildings of a former convent with...
  • Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection (Voskresensky), located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg...
  • The nearby Smolny Institute is named after the convent. The name "Smolny" derives from the location.
  • While alive generation learned in Soviet schools, Smolny Convent, or simply "Smolny" will be associated with Lenin.Even after decades in the history of the...