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Leningrad Oblast

Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin

The Tikhvin Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God is a Russian Orthodox monastery founded in 1560. The monastery is located in the town of , on the left bank of the Tikhvinka River.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: Russian orthodox monastery founded in 1560 in Tikhvin
  • Also known as: “Tikhvin Assumption Monastery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monastery of Presentation of Mary (Tikhvin).

Monastery
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is situated 700 metres west of Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tikhvin.

Town
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is a town and the administrative center of in , , located on both banks of the Tikhvinka River in the east of the oblast, 200 kilometers east of .

Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin

Latitude
59.6528° or 59° 39′ 10″ north
Longitude
33.52018° or 33° 31′ 13″ east
Open location code
9GFMMG3C+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 302601721
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amenity=­monastery
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historic=­castle
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landuse=­religious
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q4458458
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Western Frisian—“Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Тихвин монастыры (Тихвин)”
  • Bashkir: “Тихвин монастыры”
  • French: “monastère de la Dormition de Tikhvine”
  • French: “Monastère de la Dormition de Tikhvine”
  • Polish: “Monaster Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Tichwinie”
  • Russian: “Тихвинский Богородичный Успенский монастырь”
  • Russian: “Тихвинский Богородичный Успенский мужской монастырь”
  • Russian: “Тихвинский монастырь (Тихвин)”
  • Russian: “Тихвинский Успенский мужской монастырь”
  • Tatar: “Тихвин монастыре”
  • Ukrainian: “Тихвінський Богородичний Успенський монастир”
  • Western Frisian: “Untsliepeniskleaster fan Tichvin”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы and Звонница.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin”. Photo: Olga1969, CC BY-SA 4.0.