Pokrovsky women's monastery
Western Kazakhstan, Uralsk, St. Gardens, 28.
Description:
The monastery was built in 1880 and was founded as a community for women. There is another version of the foundation - on the money of residents, namely one of the merchants of Yurieva Ekaterina Leontieva (later she became the main abbess of the temple). Created as a help in the fight against the fanatics of the Old Believer laws. By the beginning of the 20th century, it was reconstructed into a huge temple of the Holy Intercession Mother of God. During the Civil War, the temple was conquered by various wars, those who defeated and those who defeated. Over the years, the novices of the temple died of epidemics and war.
It can be reached from the center of Uralsk on foot in about 40 minutes or by taxi in 10-15 minutes.