Solovetsky Islands
Videos
The Solovetsky Islands, or Solovki, are an archipelago located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, Russia. As an administrative division, the islands are incorporated as Solovetsky District of Arkhange
Kislaya Bay of Bolshoy Solovetsky Island
Ensemble of Solovetsky Monastery
"Bombardment of the Solovetsky Monastery by the Royal Navy during the Crimean War". A lubok (popular print) from 1868.
Memorial to the victims of political repression in the USSR in Saint Petersburg, made of a boulder from the Solovetsky Islands
Solovki prison camp
Videos
The Solovki special camp, was set up in 1923 on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea as a remote and inaccessible place of detention, primarily intended for socialist opponents of Soviet Russia's n
Solovetsky Monastery in 2013
Memorial to the victims of political repression in the USSR, on Lubyanka Square, Moscow, next to FSB headquarters, made of a boulder from the Solovetsky Islands
Maxim Gorky visiting Solovki. To his right stands leading NKVD officer Gleb Boky