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  • Underground Archaeological Museum to be Built on Foundations of Ancient Kremlin Monastery

    09/05/2019 6:21:00 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 3 replies
    Pravoslavie ^ | 9/4/19
    The Chudov Monastery, named in honor of the miracle of the Archangel Michael at Conae, was built in 1358, and stood within the Kremlin walls until it was destroyed by the godless soviets in 1929. The 14th building of the Kremlin was built over the site of the Chudov and Ascension monasteries between the Spassky Gate and the Senate Palace from 1932 to 1934; the dismantling of the building began in the fall of 2015, revealing a number of archaeological treasures. Now those treasures will be on display in an underground archaeological museum, built on the foundations of the Chudov...