- At present, the Smolny Convent Cathedral is a functioning church and open for visits.
- Elizabeth ordered to provide nuns with a «separate suite, including a servants room». Some parts of the buildings of the Smolny convent is similar to a ball-room.
- Among the outstanding works of Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli is the ensemble of Novodevichy Convent in Russia, and Smolny Cathedral...
- Its 50 meter high Belfry is the highest observation deck in the city, with the spectacular panoramic view of the Neva bend, Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge, Smolny...
- 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.
- English: Smolny Convent on the bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- You're unlikely to wander past the vibrant robin's-egg blue walls of the Smolny complex, because of its distant location in a barren district tucked in a curve in the...
- Smolny Convent (Voskresensky) is a Russian Orthodox convent built to house Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great.
- on new ensemble Smolny Convent, a large amount of money and work.In 1754 the object came Elizabeth.What he saw shocked her so much that she immediately...