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Solovetsky Monastery
Соловецкий монастырь

Solovetsky Monastery was the greatest citadel of Christianity in the Russian North before being turned into a special Soviet prison and labor camp (1926-1939), which served as a prototype for the GULAG system. Situated on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea, the monastery braved many changes of fortune and military sieges. Its most important... More...

Russia, 2000, Solovetsky Monastery on the field of sheet

Russia, 2003, Solovetsky Monastery

Russia, 2009, Solovetsky Monastery

USSR, Solovetsky. Solovetsky Monastery