Belogorsk St. Nicholas Orthodox Missionary Men's Monastery is located on White Mountain in the Perm region. Due to its strict regulations, it was referred to as the Ural Athos.

In 1891, a 10.65-meter tall cross, known as the Tsar Cross, was erected on White Mountain in honor of the "miraculous deliverance of Tsarevich Nicholas from danger in Japan."

The stone church, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Cathedral, began construction on June 24, 1902. The construction lasted 15 years, and upon completion, the church could accommodate 8,000 people. The chief engineer of the project was E. I. Artyomov, and the bricks were supplied by the monastery's factory. The consecration of the church took place on June 7, 8, and 9, 1917, with about 30,000 people in attendance.

On December 8, 1910, Archimandrite Varlaam (Konoplev) presented Emperor Nicholas II with a book about the history of the monastery and photographs of the monastery. In 1912, the monastery published a magazine called "Voice of Duty" with an Orthodox patriotic theme.

During World War I, the monastery donated 500 rubles in gold to the needs of the Russian army on March 19, 1916.

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Cathedral was built in the Neo-Byzantine style, reminiscent of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kyiv. From the very beginning, it was equipped with ventilation and steam heating.

This majestic cathedral, the largest in the Perm diocese, was built through donations as well as funds from the monastery. In 1909, the monastery engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, beekeeping, and fishing, owning 580 desyatinas of land, 40 cows, and 9 ponds.

Tragic events occurred in 1918. On August 25, the Bolsheviks killed Archimandrite Varlaam and threw him into the Kama River. From August 1918 to January 1919, they shot and tortured 34 monks.

Since 1930, a camp for the repressed and special settlers operated on White Mountain, and a year later, a home for the disabled was opened. In 1980, a fire occurred in the cathedral, severely damaging it and destroying almost all the domes.