Spaso-Borodino Women's Monastery

First, Maria Mikhailovna was engaged in the restoration of the church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in Borodin. There she initiated the construction of a memorial chapel, 10 thousand for which Tsar Alexander I personally gave. In 1820, the chapel was consecrated and in it took its place the regimental icon of the late General Tuchkov - the Image of the Savior not made with hands.

In 1826, the widow lost her son, and then settled in a house on the Borodino field all alone. Gradually, other women began to settle around this lonely dwelling, who later formed the basis of the new monastery. Spaso-Borodino convent was founded in 1838, and in 1840 Tuchkov’s widow (by that time tonsured as a nun under the name Maria) became his abbess.

At the same time, the construction of the monastery began: the bell tower, living quarters, refectory, the church of St. Philaret the Merciful. Emperor Nicholas I financed the construction and took the monastery under his patronage. All subsequent Russian emperors also patronized the Borodino Monastery, providing it with material assistance and regularly visiting the holy monastery.

In 1929, the monastery was closed, and its premises were given as a dormitory, school. During the occupation, a hospital was located here, then a service station for cars and tractors.

In 1972, the restoration of the building began, and since 1992, the convent was again here.