Principal Monasteries of Asian Russia and Central Asia

• Monastery of the Holy Trinity – Tyumen region, Siberia. One of the principal monasteries of Siberia.
• Monastery of Saint Macarius of Altai – Altai region. The foremost monastery of the Altai.
• Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God – Kazakhstan. Principal Orthodox monastery in Kazakhstan.
• Monastery of Saint Nicholas – Vladivostok. Principal Orthodox monastery of the Russian Far East.
• Convent of Saint Elisabeth – Kazakhstan. Important women’s monastery of Central Asia.

Siberia

• Monastery of the Holy Trinity – Tyumen. Major monastery of western Siberia.
• Monastery of Saint John of Tobolsk – Tobolsk. Historic Siberian monastery.
• Monastery of the Sign – Abalak, Siberia. Famous pilgrimage monastery.
• Monastery of Saint Innocent – Irkutsk. Monastery associated with the missionary work of Saint Innocent.
• Monastery of Saint Paraskeva – Krasnoyarsk region. Women’s monastery of central Siberia.

Altai and Southern Siberia

• Monastery of Saint Macarius of Altai – Altai. Principal monastery of the Altai region.
• Monastery of Saint John the Theologian – Altai. Historic monastery of southern Siberia.
• Convent of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God – Altai. Important women’s monastery.
• Monastery of Saint Nicholas – Tomsk region. Orthodox monastery of southern Siberia.

Kazakhstan and Central Asia

• Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God – Kazakhstan. The principal Orthodox monastery of Kazakhstan.
• Convent of Saint Elisabeth – Kazakhstan. Major women’s monastery.
• Monastery of Saint Sergius – Almaty region. Orthodox monastery serving the Russian Orthodox population.
• Monastic House of Saint Nicholas – Uzbekistan. Small Orthodox monastic community.
• Monastic House of Saint George – Kyrgyzstan. Orthodox monastic residence.
• Monastic Community of the Holy Trinity – Tajikistan. Small Orthodox monastic presence.

The Russian Far East

• Monastery of Saint Nicholas – Vladivostok. Principal Orthodox monastery of the Far East.
• Monastery of the Dormition – Khabarovsk. Important Orthodox monastery of eastern Russia.
• Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene – Vladivostok region. Women’s monastery of the Far East.
• Monastery of Saint Innocent – Kamchatka. Orthodox monastery associated with missionary activity in the Far East.

Female Monasteries and Convents of Special Importance

• Convent of Saint Elisabeth – Kazakhstan. Principal Orthodox women’s monastery of Central Asia.
• Convent of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God – Altai. Important women’s monastery of southern Siberia.
• Monastery of Saint Paraskeva – Siberia. Historic women’s monastery.
• Convent of Saint Mary Magdalene – Vladivostok region. Principal women’s monastery of the Russian Far East.

Observations

• Orthodox monasticism in Siberia and Central Asia developed chiefly through Russian missionary and colonial expansion.
• Many monasteries of the region were closed during the Soviet period and reopened after 1991.
• Kazakhstan possesses the largest Orthodox monastic presence in Central Asia.
• The Altai region remains one of the most important centres of Orthodox spirituality in Asian Russia.
• Among the best-known monasteries are the Holy Trinity Monastery of Tyumen, the monasteries of Tobolsk and Abalak, the monasteries of Altai, and the principal convents of Kazakhstan.