Klyuchegorsky Kazan Mother of God Monastery

Таллы, Italy

Klyuchegorsky Kazan Mother of God Monastery is a former women's monastery, in the Diocese of Samara of the Russian Orthodox Church. It operated from the second half of the 19th century to the first third of the 20th century (since 2011, it has been located within the Diocese of Buzuluk). It was loca

ted in the village of Tally (Klyuchegorye), Buzuluk Uyezd, Samara Governorate (now Grachyovsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Orenburg Oblast). It was established in 1864 on the estate and with the funds of a local landowner and philanthropist, Anna Putilova, who also led the community. In 1880, the community was transformed into a third-class cenobitic monastery. Initially quite poor, by the early 20th century, through improved donation collection, the monastery became the second most significant women's monastery in Orenburg Oblast, gaining widespread popularity. It had five churches. After the establishment of Soviet power, it operated under the guise of an agricultural cooperative until 1923, when the abbess was murdered by unknown assailants, leading to the monastery's closure and plunder. Some stone buildings, including one church, have survived but are in disrepair. An Orthodox parish...

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