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Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter The Great in 1710 at the southern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg to house the Relic s of Alexander Nevsky , Patron Saint of the newly-founded Russia n capital. In 1797, it was raised to the rank of Lavra , previously bestowed only upon Kiev Monastery Of The Caves and the Trinity Monastery Of St Sergius . The monastery premises contain two Baroque churches, designed by father and son Trezzini and built in 1717-22 and 1742-50, respectively; a majestic Neoclassical cathedral, built in 1778-90 to a design by Ivan Starov and consecrated to the Holy Trinity ; and numerous structures of lesser importance. It also contains the Lazarev and Tikhvin Cemeteries , where ornate tombs of Mikhail Lomonosov , Alexander Suvorov , Nikolay Karamzin , Modest Mussorgsky , Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Fyodor Dostoevsky , and other famous Russians are preserved. EXTERNAL LINK |