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    The Solovetsky Islands (Russian: Солове́цкие острова́), or Solovki (Соловки́), are an archipelago located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, Russia. As...
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    Solovetsky Monastery (Russian: Солове́цкий монасты́рь, IPA: [səlɐˈvʲɛtskʲɪj mənɐˈstɨrʲ]) is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands in...
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    camp (later the Solovki special prison), was set up in 1923 on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea as a remote and inaccessible place of detention,...
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    Vostochnyj, Smaojlovich Vostothny Island Solovetsky Islands Anzersky Bolshaya Muksalma Malaya Muksalma Solovetsky Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz...
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  • Solovetsky (masculine), Solovetskaya (feminine), Solovetskoye (neuter), or Solovetskiye (plural) may refer to: Solovetsky Islands, an island archipelago...
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    archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea. Arkhangelsk Oblast also has administrative jurisdiction...
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    of work in the Gulag, starting from the forced labor camp of the Solovetsky Islands, which is recognised as one of the earliest sites of the Gulag. Naftaly...
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    the biggest island of the Solovetsky Islands archipelago in the White Sea, northern Russia. The island is home to Solovetsky Monastery, a medieval monastery...
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    island 5–10 km (3–6 mi) from a coast. Initial sites discussed for this complex included Lake Baikal, but choices were narrowed down to the Solovetsky...
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    The Solovetsky Stone (Russian: Солове́цкий ка́мень, romanized: Solovetsky kamen) is a monument on Lubyanka Square in Moscow to the victims of political...
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  • Caucasus St Petersburg Kizhi Pogost, Petroglyphs Moscow Novgorod Solovetsky Islands Vladimir Trinity Lavra Kazan Ferapontov Monastery Curonian Spit Derbent...
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    Bolshaya Muksalma (category Solovetsky Islands)
    Больша́я Му́ксалма) is one of the Solovetsky Islands. Bolshaya Muksalma is situated to the east of Bolshoy Solovetsky Island and is separated from it by two...
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  • a list of islands in Europe ordered by area (excluding the Canaries). Data for some islands is missing, particularly for some Arctic islands in Russia...
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  • List of archipelagos (category Lists of islands)
    Gusey Islands Shelonsky Islands Shokalsky Island Solovetsky Islands Tillo Islands Ushakov Island Vilkitsky Island (Kara Sea) Wiese Island Wrangel Island Zveroboy...
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    of Vologodskiy Pyatak prison since 1917 Solovetsky Islands, site of Solovki prison camp Gulag Trofimovsk Island, deportation site of Lithuanians and Finns...
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    1668, a Streltsy unit under the command of I. Volkhov arrived at the Solovetsky Islands to suppress the rebels. The monastery locked itself up and refused...
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    Solovetsky (Russian: Солове́цкий) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Solovetsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia...
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    labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island are a group of 13 or 14 labyrinths on Bolshoy Zayatsky Island, one of the Solovetsky Islands in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia...
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    depend on fishery. Solovetsky Islands are on the World Heritage list, and there is intensive passenger sea traffic to the islands, mostly originating...
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  • features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter S. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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    national park. It contains 27 islands; the largest, Olkhon, is 72 km (45 mi) long and is the third-largest lake-bound island in the world. The lake is fed...
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    Island (Russian: Большой Заяцкий Остров (Great Hare Island)) is an island in the White Sea. It is one of six major islands comprising the Solovetsky archipelago...
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    White Sea contains a large number of islands, but most of them are small. The main island group is the Solovetsky Islands, located almost in the middle of...
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    Russia on the Solovetsky Islands. It is believed to have had a minor Russian Navy presence but primarily serves as an airport for the island. It appeared...
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    Small Mammoths of Wrangel Island describes the last few wooly mammoths living there. Russian Arctic islands List of islands of Russia List of nature reserves...
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    military in Arkhangelsk and incarcerated in a monastery on the nearby Solovetsky Islands. (He was later freed that same month.) On 15 September 1918, the Supreme...
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  • three episodes were broadcast in which teams were abandoned in the Solovetsky Islands in Northwest Russia, Mali in West Africa near Timbuktu, near Mount...
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    particular were frequently reused as sites for new camps. The site on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea is one of the earliest and also most noteworthy,...
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  • of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy). The place of "Solovets" hints at Solovetsky Islands, with their historical and mythological associations. "A-Janus and...
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    Соловецкий; died 1479) was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery. In total, he lived in Solovetsky Islands, at the time, the most remote location, for...
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