Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent

Convent which was also used as fortress to defend Moscwa. Visit the icon gallery!

Check out the ‘Make Way for Ducklings’ Statue across the lake!

My professor reccommended that I visit this convent to see the cemetary. We had to take a taxi, and I was a little apprehensive about using a good portion of my day just to see a graveyard but it was entirely worth it! The gravestones, etc, was so awesome. Each headstone was a huge sculpture that represented the person. There were huge ballerina sculptures, explorer’s with monkey’s on their shoulders, all sorts of them! It was a great day and it was really pretty too. I would go back.