Early history of the Pokrovsky Suzdal Monastery
The article examines the early history of the Pokrovsky Suzdal Monastery, which enjoyed the attention and favor of the grand dukes and tsars, based on the letters of the XVI century. The analysis of the documents led the researcher to the conclusion about the special disposition of the tsar and his advisers to the Pokrovsky Maiden Monastery, which took the place of one of the most privileged monasteries of the Russian state of the XVI-XVII centuries.