Assumption Colocci the monastery was founded in 1413 kN. Andrei Dmitrievich Mozhaisk on the occasion of the phenomenon on the river the River of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God. Already in the XV century the monastery was rich and great. There were 2 stone Church dedicated to the assumption of the blessed virgin Mary and the chapel of the SVT. Nicholas and the Epiphany Church and the Church of Saint Spyridon. Alexius, Metropolitan Hilarion. Moscow, under the bell tower. In 1609, during the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, the monastery was ravaged.

In 1812, the monastery became an Outpost of the Russian position on the eve of the battle of Borodino. With the departure of Russian troops in the monastery housed the headquarters of Napoleon. After the battle of Borodino, there was arranged a French hospital. Restoration work at the monastery was completed in 1839

After the revolution of 1917 the monastery was abolished. The last monks were shot by the Bolsheviks on suspicion of counter-revolutionary activities. The original Kalocsai icon was lost in the 1970-ies. Now there are only a few lists In late October 1997, the monastery was opened as an independent. The monastery holds construction and repair work, improving the territory.

In the centre of the monastery is the Cathedral of the assumption, built in 1626 and later rebuilt in the Baroque style. Over the Holy gates, towering three-tiered square bell tower topped with a tall spire. At the end of the eighteenth century were built the rectory building and single-floor cells.