The Monastery is centred around the Annunciation Cathedral. Looted and destroyed by Poles in 1616, it was rebuilt in 1664. In the early 17th century, the gate church was erected, and, at the turn of the 20th century, the cell buildings and the hegumen's house were built.

During the Patriotic War of 1812, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, the main relic of Vladimir Russia, was kept in the monastery.