RUSSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
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Kniaginin Monastery

In addition, at the beginning of the 13th century Vsyevolod's wife, Princess Maria Shvarnova, founded in Vladimir the Convent of the Assumption, better known as the Princess Convent (Kniaginin Monastir). The old cathedral was replaced by a new one three centuries later. It has well-preserved and interesting frescoes, painted by tsar's izograph Mark Matveyev and his assistants in the 17th century. Princess Maria and other members of the royal family are buried there.

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