Monastyrskiy (Conventual) Island is one of the most romantic and attractive sites in Dnepropetrovsk. Several unproved and mysterious stories are connected to the island. For the first time it was mentioned in the Hagiography of St. Theodosius, as the northernmost point, which was reached by St. Andrew, one of the Disciples of Christ spreading Christianity. The name itself Conventual Island is said to proceed from the Byzantine convent built there in IX century. Princess Olga stopped here to look for a shelter during a severe storm on her way to Tsargrad in 957, the Kievan prince Vladimir the Great visited this place when his troops moved to Korsoun’ (the Chersonese). This place was visited by other famous people.