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. . . of the monastery reveals one of the defensive towers. Similar towers are spread periodically along this defensive wall. It is important to remember that this was not only a monastery, but also one of the main defenses for Moscow. It was because of this fact, that the tsars were willing to spend substantial amounts of money on this, apparently, out-of-the-way monastery.
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