On the banks of the Volga is based 1328 and 1330, Archbishop of Suzdal St. Dionysius the Pechora ascension monastery. In 1640-50-ies famous Nizhny Novgorod architect Antipas Botulinum built the present monastery ensemble, including five-domed Cathedral of ascension of the gallery, belfry, hipped assumption Church with the refectory, hipped gate Church of the PDP. Euthymius of Suzdal, Abbot's rooms and the buildings of cells with the temple of the PDP. Makary. Stone fence and a small gate Church of the Intercession of the virgin was constructed later, in 1765

The decision of the NKVD in Nizhny Novgorod province, the monastery was closed in 1924, the divine services were resumed in 1993 In 2000-2004, and the buildings renovated. The monastery is now a Museum of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese.