Spaso-Prilutsky Dimitriev Monastery, Vologda: such colorful monastery towers, and even in the Russian North, come as a surprise to anyone who arrives here for the first time. Here are the relics of Vologda's heavenly patron, Dmitry Prilutsky. A rare and beautiful 16th-century wooden tent church was brought here. The Russian poet Konstantin Batyushkov is buried here. The Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery was founded in 1371 by Dmitry Prilutsky, a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh and godfather to one of Dmitry Donskoy's sons. The monastery was aided by Grand Dukes Ivan III and Vasily III, and later by Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who visited the Vologda region and took part in the creation of the Spassky Stone Cathedral. Why is Batyushkov buried here? After the War of 1812, he became a devout believer and asked to be buried in the monastery. The poet's tomb reads that he "was born in Vologda and died there." As they say, where you were born, you fit in, and how poetic and unusual this sounds for our time: "Thoughts are needed," some say, but I say: I need sounds...".

Spaso-Prilutsky Dimitriev Monastery, Vologda: such colorful monastery towers, and even in the Russian North, come as a surprise to anyone who arrives here for the first time. Here are the relics of Vologda's heavenly patron, Dmitry Prilutsky. A rare and beautiful 16th-century wooden tent church was brought here. The Russian poet Konstantin Batyushkov is buried here. The Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery was founded in 1371 by Dmitry Prilutsky, a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh and godfather to one of Dmitry Donskoy's sons. The monastery was aided by Grand Dukes Ivan III and Vasily III, and later by Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who visited the Vologda region and took part in the creation of the Spassky Stone Cathedral. Why is Batyushkov buried here? After the War of 1812, he became a devout believer and asked to be buried in the monastery. The poet's tomb reads that he "was born in Vologda and died there." As they say, where you were born, you fit in, and how poetic and unusual this sounds for our time: "Thoughts are needed," some say, but I say: I need sounds...".