ikiWPage: Bakhchisaray Cave Monastery

 

 

 

“In 1787, Empress Catherine II personally arrived in Crimea. In the Khan’s Palace, “to the left of the entrance, in front of the bridge, stands the Catherine’s Verst” with the inscription “Summer of 1787”, installed in honor of the arrival of the Russian Empress in Bakhchisarai >>

Thus, at the end of the 18th century, the Romanovs, with the support of the Western European troops, managed to crush both the troops of Moscow Tartary and the Crimean Khanate… After taking the Crimea, the Romanovs staged a real massacre here, destroying the rich heritage of the Russia-Horde. This is most clearly seen in the example of the Assumption Monastery. Monks were evicted, a long “quarantine” was imposed on the monastery, the monastery library was taken out somewhere and its fate is unknown.”