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===Holy Spirit Monastery===
[[File:Svyato-Duhov Monastery in Tsaritsyn.jpg|thumb|Holy Spirit Monastery, before 1923]]
Land for the Holy Spirit Monastery was originally allocated in 1904, but construction did not begin until 1909 and was not complete until 1911. [[Sergei Trufanov]], also known as the 'mad monk' of Tsaritsyn, was the driving force behind fundraising and getting the project off the ground.<ref name=Dixon/> The original complex had a church that could accommodate 6,000 people, the monastery itself could house 500 and an auditorium that held 1,000. There was a school, space for workshops, a printing office and an [[almshouse]]. The land the monastery stood on also hosted multiple gardens, a fountain and several inner yards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Construction of the Monastery |url=http://www.sdmon.ru/o-monastyre/istoriya/stroitelstvo-monastyrya/ |website=www.sdmon.ru (Holy Spirit Monastery) |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>

In 1912, the monastery was divided to a male and female section, housing both monks and nuns. In 1914, the school on the grounds of the Holy Spirit Monastery became part of the city school system and in 1915, housed 53 girls whose fathers were on the front lines. During the [[Russian Civil War]], an infirmary was set up and the complex was alternately used by both the [[Bolsheviks]] and the [[White movement|Whites]]. In 1923, once the area was under firm Bolshevik control, the monastery was closed. During the following decades, the complex was used as an orphanage, a library, a cinema and a student hostel. Eventually, many of the buildings fell into disuse and became dilapidated. At the onset of the Second World War, the complex was given to the military and many of the original buildings were demolished.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monastery Transformations |url=http://www.sdmon.ru/o-monastyre/istoriya/preobrazovaniya-monastyrya/ |website=www.sdmon.ru (Holy Spirit Monastery) |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>

After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the [[Diocese of Volgograd]] was established and the military began the process of transferring what was left of the Holy Spirit Monastery back to the church. A theological school was established in 1992 and restoration of the site continues today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monastery Restoration |url=http://www.sdmon.ru/o-monastyre/istoriya/vosstanovlenie-monastyrya/ |website=www.sdmon.ru (Holy Spirit Monastery) |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref>