斯维亚日斯克岛的圣母升天大教堂与修道院

The Assumption Cathedral is located in the town-island of Sviyazhsk and is part of the monastery of the same name. Situated at the confluence of the Volga, the Sviyaga and the Shchuka rivers, at the crossroads of the Silk and Volga routes, Sviyazhsk was founded by Ivan the Terrible in 1551. It was from this outpost that he initiated the conquest of the Kazan Khanate. The Assumption Monastery illustrates in its location and architectural composition the political and missionary programme developed by Tsar Ivan IV to extend the Moscow state. The cathedral’s frescoes are among the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.

国别	俄罗斯 Russian Federation
中文名称	斯维亚日斯克岛的圣母升天大教堂与修道院
英文名称	Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk
遗产类别	文化遗产
登录年份	2017
选入标准	(ii)(iv)