• Aerial view of Smolny Convent. Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection (Voskresensky, Russian: Воскресенский новодевичий Смольный...
  • 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.
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  • 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...
  • Therefore, we recommend using public transport to reach the Smolny Convent: from the metro station “Chernyshevskaya” you can take buses 46, 22, tram 15
  • …belong the Winter Palace, the Smolny Convent, and the Vorontsov and Stroganov palaces, among others...
  • Smolny Convent of the Resurrection (Voskresensky Novodevichy) was founded in St. Petersburg in 1744-1764 and enjoyed the special attention of Empress...
  • ...deck in the city, with the spectacular panoramic view of the Neva bend, Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge, Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, and other sights.
  • The Bolsheviks had their headquarters at the Smolny Convent during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Now it is part of the St. Petersburg State University.