🏛️ Historical Monuments of the Solovetsky Islands

Russia · Europe · Cultural · 65.00°N, 35.00°E

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 Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions, they are incorporated as Solovetskoye Rural Settlement within Primorsky Municipal District. The administrative center of both divisions is the settlement of Solovetsky, located on Bolshoy Solovetsky Island. Almost all of the population of the islands lives in Solovetsky. As of the 2010 Census, the district had a population of 861 inhabitants.

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Quick facts

Country	Russia
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	65.00°N, 35.00°E · view on map

Historical Monuments of the Solovetsky Islands is a cultural World Heritage site in Russia, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Historical Monuments of the Solovetsky Islands was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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