Svyato-Uspenskiy Peshchernyy Monastyr (Assumption Monastery of the Caves) in Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. October 2nd 2008, carved out of a Assumpti

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Svyato-Uspenskiy Peshchernyy Monastyr (Assumption Monastery of the Caves) in Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. October 2nd 2008, carved out of a Assumption cliff in XIV century, founded probably in VIII century by Byzantium refugee monks during Byzantine Iconoclasm in VIII century, main Christian center of Crimea to XVIII century © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo

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