![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/07t.jpg) Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/31t.jpg) Golden marguerite (yellow chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, Russian name Pupavka) at the slope near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/30t.jpg) Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/09t.jpg) A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/06t.jpg) Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/26t.jpg) Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/13t.jpg) Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/24t.jpg) Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/18t.jpg) Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/15t.jpg) Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/17t.jpg) View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/19t.jpg) A church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/11t.jpg) Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/12t.jpg) Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/27t.jpg) Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/28t.jpg) Flower of marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/15t.jpg) Stone arch at main entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/21t.jpg) Main entrance to Tur Malka Russian monastery on Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/761/jpeg/15t.jpg) Restricted access area "Only for Blessed" in Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, June 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/22t.jpg) Entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/13t.jpg) Entrance of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/13t.jpg) Entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1626/jpeg/07t.jpg) Main entrance of Central Railway Station. Helsinki, Finland, July 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1626/jpeg/06t.jpg) Left side of the main entrance of Central Railway Station. Helsinki, Finland, July 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/12t.jpg) Barracks for monks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/09t.jpg) A dome of Trinity(?) Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tour of a Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/06t.jpg) Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/10t.jpg) Trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/08t.jpg) Decaying fresco in Trinity Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1626/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pair of statues holding spherical lamps on right side of the main entrance of Central Railway Station. Helsinki, Finland, July 18, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/06t.jpg) View from a road to Spaso-Troitsky Skit (remote part of a monastery) in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/15t.jpg) Back road of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/11t.jpg) A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/03t.jpg) Nicholas (Nikolsky) monastery and a boat ramp in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blessing(?) of a believer tourist in Blagoveshcheniya Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/348/jpeg/10t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral, view from entrance of Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, July 3, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/24t.jpg) Interior of a recently open church of Uspensky(?) monastery in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/11t.jpg) Trapeznaya (dining facility) in Uspensky Monastery in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) office building built in 1915 by architect Uno Werner Ullberg, now National Bank of the Republic of Karelia. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/12t.jpg) A gate of Uspensky Monastery from the side of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/373/jpeg/23t.jpg) A silo from East Main Road, near intersection with Snell Road. Little Compton, Rhode Island, January 19, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/282/jpeg/35t.jpg) Louvre, main entrance. Paris, July 22, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/371/jpeg/21t.jpg) A silo from Snell Road bridge across Sisson Brook, near intersection with East Main Road. Little Compton, Rhode Island, December 31, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/373/jpeg/22t.jpg) A silo from Snell Road bridge across Sisson Brook, near intersection with East Main Road. Little Compton, Rhode Island, January 19, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/282/jpeg/28t.jpg) Louvre, pyramid of main entrance. Paris, July 22, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/12t.jpg) Entrance to a church in Tur Malka Russian monastery on Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1848/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hammer and sicle public sculpture near Sosnovka collective farm at the entrance of Borovichi. Novgorod Region, Russia, July 3, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery in Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1186/jpeg/25t.jpg) Environmental warning in Al Aaliya Island near Doha at evening. Qatar, April 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Black cat near Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/294/jpeg/33t.jpg) A wooden Uspensky Chapel on the main avenue of Konevets Monastery, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/12t.jpg) A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/05t.jpg) A cathedral in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/14t.jpg) A cathedral in Uspensky Monastery at evening. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/07t.jpg) Entrance of a house near 52 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/82/jpeg/12t.jpg) A road in a forest at Karelia Isthmus between Lembolovo and Orekhovo, 30 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 19, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/10t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Uspeniya Monastery from Tikhvinka River in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dorms for monks in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/13t.jpg) A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/02t.jpg) East beach in Orekhovy Island. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cemetery of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/23t.jpg) World War II memorial in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/21t.jpg) Monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/18t.jpg) Old stone stairs in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cat sitting on ruins in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/26t.jpg) Passages of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/24t.jpg) New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/216/jpeg/13t.jpg) An Orthodox church remotely seen from entrance of Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/431/jpeg/15t.jpg) A road in fog in Simmons Mills Pond Management Area (entrance from John Dyer Road) south from Adamsville. Little Compton, Rhode Island, January 13, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/05t.jpg) Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/12t.jpg) Backyard of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cat guarding monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/11t.jpg) Church bells and a cathedral of Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/04t.jpg) Golovin Tower of Shlisselburg Fortress, view from a boat. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underground chamber of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cell of New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/397/jpeg/10t.jpg) Old carriage road in Simmons Mill Pond Management Area (entrance from John Dyer Road) south from Adamsville. Little Compton, Rhode Island, June 4, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/397/jpeg/09t.jpg) Old carriage road in Simmons Mill Pond Management Area (entrance from John Dyer Road) south from Adamsville. Little Compton, Rhode Island, June 4, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1626/jpeg/13t.jpg) Back entrance of National Museum of Finland from Mannerheimintie Road. Helsinki, Finland, July 18, 2015
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