Thursday, November 27, 2014

Russia - Solovetsky Monastery

Solovetsky Monastery in Russia
2010

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Solovetsky Monastery, founded in the late 1429 by monks, was the greatest citadel of Christianity in the Russian North before being turned into a special Soviet prison and labor camp (1926–1939).

Today, the Solovetsky Monastery is a historical and architectural museum. It was one of the first Russian sites to have been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.  During last several years the monastery was strongly repaired, but it is still under reconstruction.

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