Architectural ensemble of the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery

About museum

The Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery is of great historical significance to Russia. In 1812 the widow of General A. A. Tuchkov IV, M. M. Tuchkova, did not find her husband's body on the Borodino field and built an Orthodox church in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. At the end of the 19th century the Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery was founded on this site, and M. M. Tuchkova became its first abbess. In 1929 the monastery was closed and a settlement called Voroshilovo was established in its place. In 1942 the monastery was destroyed and burned down. Restoration began in 1973 and continued for more than 20 years. In 1992 part of the premises was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, and the monastery resumed functioning. Today the monastery grounds house four exhibitions as well as a museum-reserve. The Spaso-Borodinsky Monastery is of inestimable historical value to Russia and remains a memorial to those who fell in the Battle of Borodino.