On the border with the Kostroma region, in the Koverninsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, on a high bank of the Utrusy River, surrounded by forests, lies the Vysokovsk-Uspensky Monastery, founded in the early 19th century. Its numerous buildings, located on the slope, create a picturesque group visible from afar. The monastery was constructed with stone churches and other buildings almost simultaneously, ensuring the unity and integrity of the architectural ensemble. The tiered structure of the complex, balanced composition, and expressive silhouette continue the traditions of forming ensembles of Russian monasteries. Above the fence, the gate church, kitchen, and cell buildings, the house of the abbot rises the majestic cathedral and a small church, while at the very top of the hill, the grand four-tiered bell tower soars.

To the south of the Uspensky Cathedral is the warm Nikolsk Church, built in 1827, with a spacious refectory and a rectangular altar. Its architecture features forms of early classicism: round windows of the second tier between the pilasters of the Doric order, rounded rusticated corners, and decorative small domes above the vaulted ceiling covering the main volume.

Unfortunately, the wooden Georgievsk Church, built in 1834, has not survived to this day, and from the monastery fence, only one tower remains, low, square in plan, with a small octagonal wooden tent.