Cosmas-Damianovsky (Kozmodemyanovsky) Monastery - located 16 km from Alushta, between Babuganom Sinabdagom and in Central Basin of the Crimean State Reserve. The monastery was founded about the healing power Savluh-soo ("healthy water"), a place where, according to legend, were killed bessrebrenniki saints Cosmas and Damian.

The appearance of an Orthodox monastery in honor of St. Cosmas and Damian associated with the name of the Archbishop of Kherson and Tauride Innocent. In 1856 with the blessing of Archbishop Innocent led abbot Macarius began equipping Kin.

In 1869 the wooden church was built in the name of St. Bessrebrenniki Cosmas and Damian. The monastery had 34 acres and 1,754 square meters. yards of land. Gradually, despite financial difficulties, the monastery began to grow. In 1878 the monastery twice visited the future Emperor Alexander III, and in 1880 he visited the monastery with his wife Maria Feodorovna. In 1899, by order of men Kin St. Synod it has been transformed into a female cenobitic monastery. In 1913, the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty was erected over the source of the chapel.

October 5, 1923, Cosmas Damianovsky monastery was liquidated. The monastery with all the land came into the possession Krymgoszapovednika and nuns of the former monastery, signing an agreement with the reserve, created an agricultural co-operative. The building of the Church of the Transfiguration, it was decided to arrange a club, Cosmas and Damian, the temple - natural history museum. Monastery reinstated in the service of 29 July 1992