Passage: In 1922, the Bolsheviks closed down the Novodevichy Convent  and turned it into the Museum of Women's Emancipation. By 1926, the monastery had been transformed into a history and art museum. In 1934, it became affiliated with the State Historical Museum. Most of its facilities were turned into apartments, which spared the convent from destruction. In 1943, when Stalin started to make advances to the Russian Orthodox Church during World War II, he sanctioned opening the Moscow Theological Courses at the convent. Next year the program was transformed and became the Moscow Theological Institute. In 1945, the Soviets returned Assumption Cathedral to the believers. The residence of the Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna has been located in the Novodevichy Convent since 1980. In 1994, nuns returned to the convent, which is currently under the authority of the Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna. Some of the churches and other monastic buildings are still affiliated with the State Historical Museum. In 1995, religious services resumed in the convent on patron saint's days.
How many years after the Bolsheviks closed the Novodevichy Convent did it become a history & art museum? How many years after the convent closed down did religious services resume? How many years after the convent was closed down did nuns return to it? How many years after the monastery had been transformed into a history and art museum did it become affiliated with the State Historical Museum? How many years after the monastery had been transformed into a history and art museum was it affiliated with the State Historical Museum? How many years passed between the Bolsheviks closing the Novodevichy Convent and religious services resuming on patron saint's days? How many years passed between the Bolsheviks closing the Novodevichy Convent and turning it into a history and art museum? In what year did the Moscow Theological Institute come about? In which year was the Russian Orthodox Church turned into Moscow Theological Institute? Moscow Theological Courses were allowed to be held where? What did the Novodevichy Convent turn into after Stalin re-opened courses there? What was turned into apartments? What year was the Moscow Theological Courses transformed into the Moscow Theological Institute? Which came first, the monastery being transformed into a history and art museum or becoming affiliated with the State Historical Museum? Which museum subjects was the convent first introduced to, Women's Emancipation or history and art? Which year did Moscow Theological Program transform and become the Moscow Theological Institute?