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It is well known that when Ivan the Terrible put an end to the oprichnina, he forbade any mention of it and even razed the houses of the oprichniks in the area of present-day Prechistenka, then known as Chertolye

It is well known that when Ivan the Terrible put an end to the oprichnina, he forbade any mention of it and even razed the houses of the oprichniks in the area of present-day Prechistenka, then known as Chertolye. On the vacated site the Tsar ordered the Alexeyevsky Convent

By Alexandr Radayev