The Russians added two churches , commemorating the Borki Incident ( 1895 ) and the Crimean War ( 1905 ) . The monastery was damaged by the 1927 Crimean earthquakes and was closed between 1931 and 1991 . During World War II the caves housed the officers of a Soviet army defending Sevastopol . Several churches were taken down by the Soviets
1927 Crimean earthquakes
1927 Crimean earthquakes
Inkerman Cave Monastery