Ipatiev Monastery
The Ipatiev Monastery (Ипатьевский монастырь in Russian) is a male monastery in Kostroma. It was founded around 1330 by Murza Chet, who had converted to Christianity and also started the Godunov bloodline. During the Time of Troubles in Russia, the Ipatiev Monastery was occupied by the supporters of False Dmitriy II in the spring of 1609. In September of that same year, the monastery was captured by the Muscovite army after a long siege. On March 14, 1613, Zemsky Sobor announced that Mikhail Romanov, who had been in this monastery at that time, would be the Russian tsar. Most of the monastery buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Trinity Cathedral is famous for its elaborately painted interior. A smaller church was demolished by the Soviet authorities. There are plans to reconstruct it and consecrate to the holy martyrs from the Romanov family. The main entrance from the riverside was designed by the celebrated Konstantin Thon. A private house of Mikhail Romanov was restored on the orders of Alexander II of Russia, but some modern architects questioned the authenticity of this reconstruction. The Ipatiev Monastery was disbanded after the October Revolution in 1917. It is now a part of the historical and architectural preservation.
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