Uspensky Monastery, Orthodox monastery in Kholmogory, Russia.

The Uspensky Monastery sits along the Northern Dvina River and features stone buildings with traditional elements of Russian monastery architecture. The complex includes multiple structures, some built from stone and others from wood, constructed over different periods.

The founding date of the monastery is unknown: no written or oral record of it survives. In 1687 Bishop Afanasy of Arkhangelsk moved it about 5 versts from the town to the settlement of Kurtsovo, where it burned several times and was rebuilt. In 1786 it was abolished by imperial order, then restored in 1798 and transferred to Kholmogory into the former bishop's house.

The monastery had two churches: one dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God with side chapels of Saint Nicholas and the Tikhvin Icon, and one to the Holy Spirit. Twice a year processions set out from Kholmogory, on 15 August and on the fourth Sunday of Great Lent, when the Georgian Icon of the Mother of God was carried to the Krasnogorsky Monastery.

The site sits in the small town of Kholmogory and is best discovered on a river walk or by exploring the local area on foot. Plan for a leisurely visit, as the location is not crowded and offers time to look around at your own pace.

The monastery did not stay put: Bishop Afanasy moved it about 5 versts from the town to the Kurtsovo settlement in 1687. Its later home, the former bishop's house in Kholmogory, had held Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick, exiled there in 1744 with his family.