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Solovki
Monk at the monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Canal on Solovki
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Botanical garden on Solovki
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
You know you have landed at a remote airport when you have to pick up your luggage from the plane yourself.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Sikirnaya hill church
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Procession at the monastery
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Procession at the monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Procession at the monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Procession at the monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Procession at the monastery
The holy lake
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Priest from the monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
The Holy lake behind the walls of the monastery is a popular recreation area for the locals on Solovki.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
The walls around the monastery is hundres of years old.
Photo: Thmas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Cows grassing outside the monastery
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
This chapel on the Hare Island was built when Peter the Great visited Solovki in 1702.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsOberver
The monastery was founded in the second quarter of the 15th century by two monks from the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Procession coming out of the holy gate to the Monastery.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
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One of the prehistoric labyrinth on the Hare island.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
You are welcome to rent a small rowing boat and explore the beauty of the lakes by your own.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
The passenger boat takes you from Kem on the mainland to Solovki.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
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