Belogorsk Resurrection Monastery, located in the Voronezh region, was founded in 1796 by Maria Sherstyukova. She arrived here with a blessing for monastic work from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Initially, her efforts to create caves met with discontent from the local residents, but over time, helpers appeared, and in 1882, a monastery with above-ground and cave churches was opened here. By 1916, the length of its caves reached 2.2 km, distributed over three levels. A unique well over 80 meters deep and more than three meters in diameter was dug into the chalk mountain.

Today, this historical monument is the longest artificially dug cave in central Russia and a center of constant pilgrimage. Only a smaller part of the extensive labyrinth has survived, about 800 meters, separated from the other passages and rooms by seven collapses.

The entrance to the caves is possible through three inconspicuous passages at a great height in the chalk cliffs. From there, wide corridors lead deep into the mountain. The height of these corridors, carved with a chisel, reaches 2 meters in many places, and in some areas, significantly more. The cave passages of Belogorye are characterized by frequent cross-shaped intersections of short corridor segments. However, there are also sections 20-30 meters long that make a sharp bend at a right angle. In such dead-end sections, there were prayer rooms or chapels, and at the end of the segment, there was a niche for an icon. More than half of the length of the passages is inclined, allowing them to connect at three levels of a complex labyrinth. A small number of cells (now fewer than 10), square or rectangular in shape, are located along the corridor walls. In some of them, in addition to beds, there were also stoves.

Belogorsk Monastery was reopened in 2013 after the destruction that occurred during the revolutionary years. Services are held in the cave church, and the above-ground churches have been revived.