page_title: Monastery of the Tithes
section_title: Monastery complex
hierarchical_section_title: Monastery of the Tithes / Monastery complex
caption_attribution_description: English: A plan of the Desyatinny monastry
context_page_description: The Monastery of the Tithes is an inactive monastery or convent in Veliky Novgorod, one of eight ancient monasteries of Novgorod Republic.
  The Desyatinny Monastery now has a regular square-shaped perimeter. The monastery's complex was developed over a lengthy period and now includes objects constructed in periods from the 14th to the 20th centuries. It was finally completed at the beginning of the 20th century but was closed in 1918 by the Soviet government. Some buildings, including both churches and part of the monastery wall, were lost in the 20th century during World War II and the anti-religious campaign, with the result that the monastery is preserved fragmentarily.
  Never considered particularly important, it was subjected to rebuilding many times. Built to symbolize and immortalize the miracle of historical significance for the Novgorod Republic, until the present day, the monastery in fact has undertaken certain social functions affecting Novgorodian society. Its history is a story of ups and downs, of ruin and reconstruction. Almost nothing in the present monastery's exterior suggests how ancient the monastery really is.
context_section_description: First, it is reasonable to make two points about the monastery complex, resulting from the conditions of the manastery's development described above:
  most of the ancient buildings in the monastery were made of wood and were not preserved after fire and as a result of rot;
  the buildings in the modern monastery complex are from various periods; the modern monastery complex developed from the 14th to the 20th century;
  the modern monastery complex from the 20th century is preserved fragmentarily. The monastery has lost its two churches and part of the monastery wall during the 20th century.
  The modern monastery complex includes:
  the ruins of the church of the Nativity of Our Lady;
  the bell tower;
  the eastern monastery wall up to the bell tower with cells inside;
  the western monastery wall with functional rooms inside.
  the abbess chamber in its south part;
  three cell houses;
  the building outside the monastery's perimeter.
  Today the monastery is a regular square-shaped property with the main church (in ruins) at the centre, and all the remaining buildings along the perimeter. The regular shape stems from the 19th century, defined by the monastery wall, constructed in 1814 – 1820. The corners of the monastery's perimeter are finished with small towers with wind vanes which now squeak while turning, providing with a special atmosphere to the site.
caption: The monastery complex:  (1) the bell tower and the east wall with cells (2) the church of the Nativity (now in ruins) (3) the church of All Hollows (lost) (4) the quarters of cells - 2 (5) the abbess chamber (6) the west wall with functional rooms (7) the monastery hotel (8) the corner towers
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