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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><script>function mfTempOpenSection(id){var block=document.getElementById("mf-section-"+id);block.className+=" open-block";block.previousSibling.className+=" open-block";}</script><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <p><b>Smolny Convent</b> or <b>Smolny Convent of the Resurrection</b> (<i>Voskresensky</i>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: Воскресенский новодевичий Смольный монастырь), located on Ploschad Rastrelli (Rastrelli Square), on the left bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Neva" class="mw-redirect" title="River Neva">River Neva</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, consists of a cathedral (<i>sobor</i>) and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally planned as a <a href="/wiki/Convent" title="Convent">convent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smolny_Convent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Smolny_Convent.jpg/300px-Smolny_Convent.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Smolny_Convent.jpg/450px-Smolny_Convent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Smolny_Convent.jpg/600px-Smolny_Convent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2914" data-file-height="1575"></a><figcaption>Aerial view of Smolny Convent</figcaption></figure> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Smolny_Convent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>This <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Orthodox">Russian Orthodox</a> convent was built to house <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Russia" title="Elizabeth of Russia">Elizabeth</a>, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter the Great</a>. After she was disallowed <a href="/wiki/Order_of_succession" title="Order of succession">succession</a> to the throne, she opted to become a nun. However, her Imperial predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Ivan_VI_of_Russia" title="Ivan VI of Russia">Ivan VI</a>, was overthrown during a <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a> (carried out by the <a href="/wiki/Preobrazhensky_regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Preobrazhensky regiment">royal guards</a> in 1741). Elizabeth decided against entering monastic life and accepted the offer of the Russian throne. Work on the convent continued with her royal patronage. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/220px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3510"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 322px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/220px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="322" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/330px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/440px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Smolny Cathedral (<i><a href="/wiki/Synod#Eastern_Orthodox_and_Oriental_Orthodox" title="Synod">Sobor</a></i>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The convent's main church (<i><a href="/wiki/Katholikon" title="Katholikon">catholicon</a></i> or <i>sobor</i>), a blue-and-white building, is considered to be one of the architectural masterpieces of the Italian architect <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Bartolomeo_Rastrelli" title="Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli">Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli</a>, who also redesigned the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a>, and created the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Catherine_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Catherine Palace">Grand Catherine Palace</a> (<i>Yekaterininsky</i>) in <a href="/wiki/Tsarskoye_Selo" title="Tsarskoye Selo">Tsarskoye Selo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pushkin_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pushkin (town)">Pushkin</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Peterhof_Grand_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterhof Grand Palace">Grand Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Peterhof_Palace" title="Peterhof Palace">Peterhof</a> and many other major St. Petersburg landmarks. <sup id="cite_ref-archilogy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archilogy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Cathedral is the centerpiece of the convent, built by Rastrelli between 1748 and 1764. The projected <a href="/wiki/Belfry_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfry (architecture)">bell-tower</a> was to become the tallest building in St. Petersburg and, at the time, all of Russia. Elizabeth's death in 1762 prevented Rastrelli from completing this grand design. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg/220px-Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg/220px-Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg/330px-Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg/440px-Sankt_Petersburg-Smolny_Kloster_und_Universit%C3%A4t_12.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The smaller bell tower</figcaption></figure> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine II of Russia">Catherine II</a> assumed the throne, it was found that the new Empress strongly disapproved of the baroque style, and funding that had supported the construction of the convent rapidly ran out. Rastrelli was unable to build the huge bell-tower he had planned and unable to finish the interior of the cathedral. The building was only finished in 1835 by <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Stasov" title="Vasily Stasov">Vasily Stasov</a> with the addition of a <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neo-classical</a> interior to suit the changed architectural tastes at the time. The cathedral was <a href="/wiki/Consecrated" class="mw-redirect" title="Consecrated">consecrated</a> on 22 July 1835; its main <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a> was dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">Resurrection</a> and the two side altars were dedicated to <a href="/wiki/St._Mary_Magdalene" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary Magdalene">St. Mary Magdalene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Righteous_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Righteous Elizabeth">Righteous Elizabeth</a>. </p><p>The church was closed by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> authorities in 1923. It was looted and allowed to decay until 1982, when it became a concert hall.<sup id="cite_ref-archilogy_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archilogy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The faculties of sociology, political science and international relations of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_State_University" title="Saint Petersburg State University">Saint Petersburg State University</a> are located in some of the buildings surrounding the cathedral. </p><p>In April 2015 Smolny Cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, and is now an active Orthodox church, the Divine Liturgy is held daily.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nearby <a href="/wiki/Smolny_Institute" title="Smolny Institute">Smolny Institute</a> is named after the convent. </p><p>The name "Smolny" derives from the location. In the early days of St. Petersburg the place at the edge of the city where <a href="/wiki/Pitch_(resin)" title="Pitch (resin)">pitch</a> ("smola" in Russian) was processed for use in shipbuilding and maintenance. As a result, the locale was called "smolny" – the place of pitch.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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