Donskoy Monastery

Donskoy Monastery is a major monastery in , founded in 1591 in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from the threat of an invasion by the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Moscow, Russia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Donskoy Cemetery and New Donskoye Cemetery.

Cemetery
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Cemetery
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The New Donskoy Cemetery is a 20th-century necropolis sprawling to the south from the Donskoy Monastery in the south-west of Central , Russia. It has been closed for new burials since the 1980s. is situated 270 metres south of Donskoy Monastery.

Museum
Photo: Антон Черный, Public domain.
is one of the largest mineral museums of the world, located in Moscow, Russia. Its collections include more than 135,000 items. is situated 750 metres northwest of Donskoy Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gagarinsky District and Khamovniki District.

Suburb
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, Moscow is an administrative district of , and one of the 125 raions of , . The area of the district is 5.50 square kilometers. Population - 72,072. Established in 1995.

Suburb
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is a district of of the federal city of , . Population: 102,730 ; 97,110 . The district extends from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge into the Luzhniki bend of Moskva River; northern boundary with follows Znamenka Street, Gogolevsky Boulevard, Sivtsev Vrazhek and Borodinsky Bridge.

Suburb
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, Moscow is an administrative district of , and one of the 125 raions of , . The area of the district is 12.60 square kilometers. is situated 2½ km east of Donskoy Monastery.

Donskoy Monastery

Latitude
55.71452° or 55° 42′ 52″ north
Longitude
37.60207° or 37° 36′ 7″ east
Open location code
9G7VPJ72+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Donskoy Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դոնսկոյ վանք”
  • Bashkir: “Дон монастыры”
  • Belarusian: “Данскі манастыр”
  • Chinese: “威美亞 (夏威夷縣)”
  • Chinese: “頓斯科伊修道院”
  • Chinese: “頓河修道院墓園”
  • Chinese: “顿河修道院”
  • Czech: “Donský klášter”
  • Danish: “Donskoj Kloster”
  • Dutch: “Donskoj-klooster”
  • Dutch: “Donskojklooster”
  • Finnish: “Donskoin luostari”
  • French: “Cimetière Donskoïe”
  • French: “Monastere de Donskoi”
  • French: “monastère de Donskoï”
  • French: “Monastère de donskoï”
  • French: “Monastère De Donskoï”
  • French: “Monastère Donskoï”
  • Georgian: “დონის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Donskoi Kloster”
  • German: “Donskoi-Kloster”
  • German: “Donskoi”
  • German: “Donskoj-Kloster”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι Ντονσκόι”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Ντονσκόι”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר דונסקוי”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Donskoi”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Donskoj”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Donskoy”
  • Italian: “monastero Donskoj”
  • Italian: “Monastero Donskoj”
  • Japanese: “ドンスコイ修道院”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Donskoj kloster”
  • Norwegian: “Donskoj-klosteret”
  • Polish: “Monaster Doński”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Doński”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Donskoi”
  • Russian: “Донской монастырь”
  • Russian: “Московский Донской монастырь”
  • Russian: “Свято-донской монастырь”
  • Russian: “Свято-Донской монастырь”
  • Serbian: “Донски манастир”
  • Slovenian: “Donski samostan”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Donskói”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio Donskói”
  • Swedish: “Donskoj kloster”
  • Tatar: “Тын кәшишханәсе”
  • Turkish: “Donskoy Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Донський монастир”
  • Urdu: “دونسکوئی خانقاہ”
  • Western Frisian: “Donskoj kleaster”
  • Western Frisian: “Donskoj-kleaster”

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