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Uspensky Pskov-Pechersky Monastery is one of the largest and most famous monasteries in Russia with a long history. The name of the monastery is associated with the caves located in it, called "God-built" (that is, created by God). In 1473, the cave church of the Assumption of the Virgin, excavated by St. John in a sandstone hill, was consecrated here. This year is considered the year of the monastery's foundation. The hill where the Assumption Church and the caves built by God are located is called the Holy Mountain.The monastery has never been closed in its entire history. During the interwar period (from February 1920 to January 1945), it was located within the borders of independent Estonia, so it was not closed (all monasteries in the USSR were closed by the end of the 1920s).