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The Alexander Tuchkov Savior Monastery built
by his wife in memory of General Tuchkov IVwhose body was never found after he
died on the battlefield. He disappeared while leading a counter attack of the
Revelskii Infantry Regiment near this spot by the rearmost of the three
fleches. One of his brothers also was killed in this battle and another was
wounded at Smolensk. Margarita Mikhilovna Tuchkova spent her remainding life
memoralizing her lost husband. First she built The Church of the Savior as the
first monument constructed on the battlefield. The church was later expanded
into the Borodino Savior Monastery (convent) in 1838 of which Margarita was the
first mother superior. The buildings were damaged during the battle here in WW
II and restored in 1962. It is now an active monastery.
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