The suburban monastic complex, characteristic of the eclectic period, includes a church in the Russian style. The monastery was founded on the land of the village of Ratkovo, owned by landlady A.F. Nashokina, who established a women's community here in the 1860s. The community received official status in 1872, settling in a large two-story wooden house on a stone foundation. In 1869, with Nashokina's funds, a house church of the Fedorovskaya Mother of God was arranged in the house, with chapels of John the Baptist and Empress Alexandra. In 1878, also funded by her, a stone cold Trinity church was built with chapels of the Introduction and Ignatius of Rostov. In 1880, the original wooden fence around the territory was replaced with a fence with stone pillars. Nashokina passed away in 1885 and was buried on the community's grounds. In 1889, a wooden chapel in the cemetery, existing since 1887, was transformed into the Assumption Church. From 1889 to 1892, under the guidance of engineer-architect E.H. Tiden, a stone bell tower was built to replace the previous wooden one.
In 1891, the community was transformed into a dormitory monastery. From 1893 to 1900, a stone warm church of the Fedorovskaya Mother of God was constructed with two chapels: of the Epiphany, Archangels, and Theodore the Studite. It formed a unified composition with the previously built bell tower. In the 19th-20th centuries, many buildings were erected in the monastery, mostly wooden: a two-story sisterhood building, a clergy house, a charitable institution, a hotel, a stable, a cattle yard, and several sheds. The stone buildings included a one-story abbot's house, a dining room for the sisters, a bathhouse with a laundry, and a bakery. From 1902 to 1907, a semi-stone building was constructed. On the extensive territory of the monastery, characterized by a flat relief, five buildings have survived to this day, among which the Trinity Church occupies a central place.
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