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	Solovetsky Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Solovetsky Islands (Russian: Солове́цкие острова́), also known as Solovki, are a group of islands in the White Sea in the Onega Bay in the Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia.
		Most of the Solovetsky Islands are covered with Scots Pine and Norway Spruce forests, which are partially swampy.
		In 1974, the Solovetsky Islands became a historical and architectural museum and a natural reserve of the USSR.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solovetsky_Islands (241 words)

	Solovetsky Monastery: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Solovetsky Monastery (Соловецкий монастырь; in Russian (Russian: A native or inhabitant of Russia)), a monastery (monastery: The residence of a religious community) on the Solovetsky Islands (Solovetsky Islands: more facts about this subject) in the White Sea (White Sea: A large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia).
		In 1765, Solovetsky Monastery became stauropegic (from Greek (Greek: A native or inhabitant of Greece) : stauros - cross (cross: A cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry), pegio - to affirm), i.e.
		The Solovetsky Monastery Uprising of 1668-1676 was aimed at Nikon (Nikon: nikon (), born nikita minin (1605-1681),...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/solovetsky_monastery (820 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Solovetsky Monastery
		Solovetsky Monastery (Соловецкий монастырь; in Russian), a monastery on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.
		Solovetsky Monastery was founded in the late 1420s by monks Zosima and Savvatiy of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
		The territory of the Solovetsky Monastery is surrounded by massive walls (height - 8 to 11 m, thickness - 4 to 6 m) with 7 gates and 8 towers (built in 1584-1594 by an architect named Trifon), made mainly of huge boulders up to 5 m in length.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Solovetsky_Monastery (549 words)

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		The present relief of Solovetsky islands is characterized by two types: helly-morainal lands, created by the melting process of glacier and a relief of sea terraces organized as a result of influence of sea breakers to the shore ground in the period of holocen rising of the archipelago.
		Solovetsky armed revolt is the unique phenomenon in the history of Russian Orthodox Church, it is one of the dramatic pages in the history of the monastery.
		Solovetsky islands as a natural phenomenon are of great value.}{\f27\lang1033\langfe1049\langnp1033 \par }{\f27\cf1\lang1033\langfe1049\langnp1033 Geological formation of the archipelago reflects all main stages of after glacial geological history of Northern Europe; the is lands have been demonstrating the processes of compensational raise of the land and abatement of the water-level of the seas of the Arctic Ocean.
	www.solovki.museum.ru /unesco/1991_af-eng.doc (8790 words)

	Layla-tour: Tours and excursions of Kareliya, museums, sights. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the 16th century, Kizhi was the administrative centre of the large Zaonezhye region, with numerous settlements on islands and on the mainland.
		Island to the south of Valaam, separated by a narrow canal.
		Ladoga Lake washes the sandy and rocky shores of the Islands on which dense forests grow, and when walking along the paths of Valaam you see fields sparkling with flowers, picturesque inner lakes and springs, and find out a remote hermitage or a farm that was tilled by monks centuries ago.
	www.trip-to-moscow.com /karelia/sightseeing.htm (2682 words)

	World Heritage Review #12
		The Solovetsky monastery was in its day one of the main cultural and spiritual centres of Russia and an important centre of the Orthodox faith.
		On Big Zayatsky island, for instance, the first Russian stone harbour was built; while on Big Solovetsky island one of the first dry docks and one of the first power stations in Russia were constructed outside the monastery walls.
		On one of the islands, a skete was built beside a shrine of the former age.
	whc.unesco.org /whreview/article6.html (1964 words)

	Rusnorth.com: Solovki
		The Islands Big Solovetsky and Big Muksalma are connected by two-kilometer stone dam build in the middle of the 19-th century.
		It is the history of Solovetsky monastery, one of the main relics of Russian orthodoxy, which began in the 30-ties of the 15- th century, with small inok settlements.
		Solovetsky monastery was always used for isolation and punishment of criminals and heretics.
	www.rusnorth.com /news/news8.html (963 words)

	Art Gallery : Artwork
		Solovetsky islands is located in the western part of the White Sea, in the Onega gulf, less than 150 km from the Polar Circle.
		The islands' picturesque relief, shaped by the steep hills, low sandy banks and covered with large stones, forms unique setting for the diverse nature zones and creates an abundance of floral and animal wild life.
		By the seventeenth century, Solovetsky islands had become one of the biggest monasteries in the world, with 300 monks and 600 workers who were mostly involved in salt production.
	www.gallery-worldwide.com /cmItem.jsp?id=3544&pic_no=2 (2273 words)

	Solovetsky Monastery - Welcome to Karelia - Petrovan Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Solovetsky Monastery is situated in the western part of the White Sea, less than 100 miles from the Polar Circle, and consists of 6 big and many small islands.
		The biggest is the Great Solovetsky Island, on which the famous medieval monastery stands.
		Solovetsky Monastery was often used as a prison for criminals and heretics.
	petrovan-tour.com /index.php?country=default&city=solovki (648 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Solovetsky Islands
		The Solovetsky Islands (Соловецкие острова in Russian), a group of islands in the White Sea at the Onezhskaya inlet in the Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia.
		The relief of the islands is hilly (the highest point is 107 m).
		In the 15th century, one of the biggest monasteries - the Solovetsky Monastery - was founded on the Solovetsky Islands, attracting many tourists.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Solovetsky_Islands (229 words)

	The Gulag Revisited : Death Camps on the Solovki Islands
		The first such camp was built on the remote Solovetsky islands, just south of the Arctic Circle and arguably one of the most beautiful areas in Russia.
		The Solovetsky monastery, an important place of worship for the Russian Orthodox Church was ransacked and turned into a concentration camp in 1923.
		The stone came from the Solovetsky Islands and became the first monument for the victims of Communist terror in Russia.
	www.faits-et-documents.com /bilan_communisme/solovki_islands.htm (631 words)

	Sailing the White Sea to Solovki
		The 15th-century Solovetsky Monastery on an island near the Arctic Circe was infamous as a Soviet labor camp in the 1920s and 1930s.
		The scenery of Solovki is difficult to resist, with the presence of the water, the lush woods and the peaceful simplicity of life in the islandфs village.
		In the archipelago, there are several engineering achievements: a dry dock built in 1846; a stone dike 800 meters long joining Bolshaya Muksalma island with the main Solovetsky island; and a system of 10 narrow channels that was begun by the monks in the 16th century for traveling among the 564 lakes.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/07/15/106-print.html (921 words)

	KORELA - Sights and excursions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The unsurpassed summer Church of Transfiguration with its 22 domes, the winter Church of Intercession traditional for the Russian north, the Church of Murom's Lazarus, the Chapel of Archangel Michael, numerous ancient icons are undeniable masterpieces of the Orthodox culture that emphasize the All-Russian spiritual significance of the island.
		As per the monastic legend the developing of the island and a new epoch in its history began in the 15th century.
		The Solovetsky Kremlin is one of a few indivisible monastery architectural ensembles of the 16th-17th centuries that has been preserved up to the present times.
	www.korela.onego.ru /se.html (2150 words)

	Ghosts of the Solovki
		The islands (known for short as the Solovki) contained one of the architectural wonders of the Russian North: a 600-year-old Orthodox monastery, built against a backdrop of stunning natural beauty.
		This is the largest island in the Solovki; the archipelago consists of five main islands, along with innumerable rocks.
		The sea dam connecting Muksulma to the big island is 1220 meters long, and it’s one of the most impressive sights on the Solovki, especially when you consider that it was built by manual labor in the 19th century.
	www.passportmagazine.ru /article/121 (3404 words)

	My trip to the Russian White Sea region: Solovetsky, Sora, Pinega, Arkhangelsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Solovetsky islands were a major part of the GULAG system, and after that a prison colony.
		The main church of the monastery isn't restored yet (one of the rooms in it contained 2000 prisoners during the prison era), but a smaller one is, and it's in use, as we could hear from the bells.
		In Solovetsky, the main settlement on the islands which is named like the island, a little more than 1000 people now live.
	travels.larp.se /russia/russia.html (1303 words)

	Solovetski Islands: The Gulag's Archipelago
		The islands were first settled in the 1430s by a couple of monks from a monastery in Kirillov, far in the south towards Moscow.
		One of the most influential characters associated with the islands is Filip Kolychev, who made the monastery into a strong regional center of power.
		The islands lie only some 150 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, but winters are not severe because of the warming influence of the Norwegian Current, a northern arm of the Gulf Stream.
	www.anatol.org /projects/travel/russia/solovki-archipelago.html (1743 words)

	Karelian Tourism Portal :: Travel and Tourism in Karelia :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The biggest is the Greater Solovetsky Island, on which the famous medieval monastery stands.
		When visiting Solovetsky Island, you get acquainted with legendary Monastery buildings and fortress walls and towers, learn the history of the infamous Stalin's prison SLON.
		In 1923, a infamous prison SLON (Solovetsky Camp of Special Purpose) was set up.
	www.ticrk.ru /eng/cgi/view-sight.html?id=2149 (651 words)

	Nordic Travel. Karelia :: Sights and Maps - The White Sea
		The average January temperature on the Solovetsky Island is about -10C, in February, when the heating influence of the Sea reduces, the average temperature falls to -12C.
		The biggest are Solovetsky Islands in the eastern part of the Sea, where the famous Solovetsky Monastery is situated.
		On the shores of Solovetsky Islands, people cut kelp which is further processed on the factories on the mainland.
	nordictravel.ru /page/whitesea.html (488 words)

	RUSNET :: Archives on Solovetsky Reveal Cruel History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The state archive of political movements of the Arkhangelsk region has declassified documents about the Solovetsky Islands territorial communist organization from 1920 to 1991, including material on Solovetsky Camp, the nation's first Soviet concentration camp, on the grounds of a former monastery.
		The Solovetsky Islands are known as a place of exile for people the government did not like and for religious heretics.
		Flige said the history of Solovetsky Islands' prison is very important for Russia, since it was a key point for Josef Stalin's repression.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/11/11/print/society01.shtml (326 words)

	Russia : Air-tourism in Saint-Petersburg - «Rusvip» Travel Company
		It is one of the 650 islands of the lake.
		The Kizhi Islands in Onega were a refuge for the Karelian people during the times of persecution in the old days.
		The Solovetsky Islands (Solovki) are an archipelago situated between 64' 57" and 65' 12" northern latitude and 35' 28" and 36' 17" eastern longitude on the point of entering the White Sea Onega inlet in the Archangel region.
	www.rusvip.ru /eng/air-tourism_st_peter.html (546 words)

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		It consisted of junk-art, made from trash found in the neighbourhood, collected by school children from the islands and other parts of Russia – an act of soc-art, as the arrangers call it.
		The Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea is a religious and cultural treasure.
		During the Soviet period the islands were turned into a big prison camp and later into a naval base.
	www.algonet.se /~barents/oldnews/news021022.htm (279 words)

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		The islands are “beautiful though severe landscapes (a mixture of thick taiga forests, seaside tundra and moss bogs), with glacial hills and ridges, countless lakes, northern berry-fields, summer white nights and winter twilight, with wonderful bird colonies.
		In addition to the monastic and gulag elements, Solovki is known as “an island in the vanguard of the times, an island that had free economic and informational contacts with the rest of the world….a place where people would go in their search for different kinds of meaning.
		The Solovki Islands are a rare and unusual place, a place of extremes found in nature and in man. Controversy continues between the power of the state, the power of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the power of the people.
	www.maidadance.com /Solovki_Report.htm (7260 words)

	Solovki: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Solovki is located in the Solovetsky Islands (Solovetsky Islands: more facts about this subject), White Sea (White Sea: A large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia), Russia (Russia: A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state).
		The acronym (acronym: A word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name) of the camp name is a sullen word play for those who speak Russian (Russian: A native or inhabitant of Russia) : slon means "elephant".
		The Orthodox Church reestablished the monastery in 1992, and in 1992 the monastery complex was included into UNESCO (UNESCO: An agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts) 's World Heritage List.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/solovki (233 words)

	Solovki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solovki is a shortened name for the Solovetsky Islands, White Sea, Russia.
		Historically it has been a location of the famous Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery complex, which repelled foreign attacks during the Time of Troubles, the Crimean War, and the Russian Civil War.
		By Lenin's decree, the holy buildings were turned into Solovetsky Lager' Osobogo Naznachenia (SLON), Solovki Special Purpose Camp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solovki (214 words)

	PAC Group - Tourism in Russia - Tours in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Golden Ring,Russian North, Karelia, Urals, Baikal, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meals- BB in Moscow, Petrozavodsk, St-Petersburg, breakfast& dinner in Kem and on Solovetsky Islands, guide-and-interpreter services for 15 days (from 10:00 to 18:00), transport services according to the program, excursions according to the program, entrance tickets to museums, train tickets of the 2nd class(4-pax compartment) "Moscow-Petrozavodsk", "Petrozavodsk-Kem", "Kem-St-Petersburg", visa support.
		On Kizhi Island survived a 17th century 22-domed church built without a single nail.
		The sacred land of the Kizhi Islands nowadays attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world.
	www.pac.ru /incoming/tours?tid=8&rid=0 (393 words)

	B2B Renewable Energies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The company is developing an ecologically clean energy project for the Solovetsky Islands under the cooperation agreement between Russia’s Arkhangelsk region and Norway’s province of Tromse signed in 2002.
		"The estimated capacities of the power units should be enough to meet the electricity needs of the population and the burgeoning tourist industry on the Solovetsky Islands," an official at the Arkhangelsk region’s committee on international ties and tourism told Itar-Tass on Monday.
		Norway has been helping with the restoration of cultural monuments and the development of tourist infrastructure on the islands for more than 10 years.
	www.b2brenenergy.com /print.php?sid=711 (196 words)

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