Troitse-Boldin Monastery, Eastern Orthodox monastery in Boldino, Russia

Troitse-Boldin Monastery is an Orthodox monastery complex enclosed by stone walls in the Dorogobuzhsky District of Smolensk Oblast. Inside stand several buildings including the Trinity Cathedral, the Vvedenskaya Church, and a bell tower arranged within the fortified grounds.

Founded in 1530 by Gerasim of Boldino, the monastery received tsarist lands and boyar gifts, owning over 80 villages by the late 16th century. Stone construction began in the 1590s, possibly involving Fyodor Kon. From 1617 to 1654 it lay in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and was given to the Smolensk Jesuit college; it was revived in 1654. In 1764 Catherine II confiscated its lands, and in 1929 it was closed. German troops blew up the cathedral, Vvedenskaya church and bell tower in March 1943; restoration began in 1964.

The monastery takes its name from the village of Boldino, where Gerasim founded it in 1530. In the early 18th century, Bishop John Maksimovich set up a printing press here that produced liturgical books, textbooks and translations from Latin. The monastery is now the metochion of a wooden church in Dorogobuzh and supports the opening of the Dormition women's monastery there.

The monastery is located in Smolensk Oblast and welcomes visitors interested in Orthodox architecture and religious sites. Plan your visit during warmer months when travel and outdoor exploration around the grounds are more comfortable.

The monastery's cemetery holds the grave of the Vistitsky family, enclosed by a metal fence with two granite columns. Among those buried are Mikhail Stepanovich Vistitsky, appointed quartermaster-general of the Russian army in 1812, and Semyon Stepanovich, who led the Smolensk militia from 1813 and wrote one of the first textbooks on tactics.