The oldest surviving church in Voronezh is the Dormition Admiralty Church which dates from the 16th century. In 1600 the Uspensky Monastery was founded around it on the orders of Tsar Boris Godunov. This monastery existed until 1700 when Peter the Great started to turn Voronezh into the Russian centre of shipbuilding. The monastery was closed and its monks transferred to the Aleksievo-Akatov Monastery. It was also at this time that the church got its new name - the Admiralty Church. In 1803 a bell tower was added to the church. The church remained open for a relatively long time after the revolution, only eventually being closed in 1940. During this time the building was used as a museum and was even threatened with destruction during the construction of the Voronezhskoe reservoir. In 1996 the church was re-consecrated.