Ekaterinburg. In Alapaevsk was a charity event dedicated to raising funds for the monument Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, – informs the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Sverdlovsk region. Charity Event was held from 16 to 18 July in the King's days in the Sverdlovsk region, with the support of the ministry. Its purpose was to familiarize people with the personality of Alapaevsk Elizabeth Feodorovna and her works to the benefit of Russia. The event was held prominent figures of culture, arts, doctors, historians, musicians from the members of the regional public organization "Ural fraternity." Offer accommodate a range of socially significant activities for older people in the city. In addition, in the Urals State Conservatory. MP Mussorgsky's was a creative meeting of the Ural Branch of the Russian Union of Composers of the USSR People's Artist Ludmila Lyadova and Honored Artist of Russia, violinist Irina Lakeland. Elizaveta was born October 20, 1864. In 1884 he was married to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov, the son of Emperor Alexander II. After moving to Moscow princess was engaged in charity work, visited hospitals, orphanages, prisons, and organized workshops for women. The proceeds from the sale of their jewelry, she created the Martha and Maria monastery and became abbess of the convent. In the monastery there were two church – Martha and Mary, and Pokrovsky, hospital, pharmacy, medicine dispensed in a poor free of charge, an orphanage and school. Outside the walls of the monastery was set up house, a hospital for women suffering from tuberculosis. After the revolution, she repeatedly had the opportunity to go abroad, but Elizaveta refused, in spite of threatening her mortal danger. May 7, 1918 Grand Princess, was arrested a detachment of Bolsheviks, Latvians and sent to Yekaterinburg, where there was a royal family. On the night of July 18 were taken prisoners to the pit bottom Selim, 18 km from Alapaevsk. There they were beaten and thrown into the pit, where they died within a few days in terrible agony. After the death of Elizabeth Feodorovna was canonised. Martyr Elizabeth is revered as one of the greatest and most beloved of the ascetics of the last time. All Regional News
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