Russia. Extinguished a fire near the Kremlin – monastery burned … – Gazeta.pl

Russia. Extinguished a fire near the Kremlin – monastery burned … – Gazeta.pl

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16.03 . Moscow (PAP / TASS, AFP, dpa) – Firefighters extinguished a fire Nowodziewiczego historic monastery, located near the walls of the Kremlin – announced on the night of Sunday to Monday TASS news agency, citing the Russian authorities.

“The fire was completely extinguished,” – said the representative of the Ministry for. Emergencies.

The agency Interfax reported, however, that the fire is under control. She also informed that the life of 26 nuns living in the monastery has been threatened.

It is not known what caused the fire. According to the preliminary findings of the fire appeared at the top of the bell tower, which is currently subject to renovation. With the element of fighting more than 110 firefighters, who managed to prevent the spread of fire to other parts of the monastery. Share a strong wind made it difficult to extinguish.

According to Russian experts, hopes are high that the fire caused much less damage than feared. Probably destroyed were primarily scaffolding.

The Novodevichy Monastery was built in the first half of the sixteenth century.

In 2004,. Is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

located at the monastery cemetery are buried, among others, Boris Yeltsin, Nikita Khrushchev, Chekhov. (PAP)