Mikhailo-Arkhangelsky Monastery, an Orthodox male monastery of the Alexandrov Diocese, represents a valuable architectural ensemble of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is located in the center of Yuriev-Polsky, surrounded by ancient earthen ramparts from the 12th century, remnants of the city kremlin.

According to an unconfirmed legend, the monastery was founded in the early 13th century by the local prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich, but it is documented from the 16th century.

The first stone church, which has not survived to this day, was built in 1560. Prince Mikhailo Kubensky erected a stone wall around the monastery with three large towers topped with tent roofs. The absence of earlier mentions is explained by local historians as the monastery being destroyed by Batu Khan's troops during the capture of Yuriev-Polsky in 1238, and it remained in desolation for almost two centuries.

The existing churches were built during the 17th century. Before the revolution, the monastery housed numerous gifts from Prince D. M. Pozharsky, whose estate was nearby in the village of Bolsholuchinskoye.

After the arrival of Soviet power, the monastery was closed and looted, and the cathedral was converted into exhibition halls of a museum. During the Stalinist repressions, executions took place at the back wall of the monastery, as mentioned in S. M. Golitsyn's "Notes of a Survivor." Restoration of the dilapidated churches was carried out in the 1960s.

On the territory of the monastery is the Yuriev-Polsky Historical, Architectural, and Art Museum. The Mikhailo-Arkhangelsky Cathedral has been transferred for joint use with the Russian Orthodox Church, allowing monastic life to resume in the monastery. Services were resumed in September 2006.