Solovetsky
Solovetsky is a rural locality and the administrative center of Solovetsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the west coast of Bolshoy Solovetsky Island in the White Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 948 residents
- Description: rural locality and administrative center of Solovetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
- Also known as: “Solovets”, “Solovetskiy”, and “Solovetsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Solovetsky Monastery and Solovki Airport.
Solovetsky Monastery
Monastery
The Solovetsky Monastery is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea in northern Russia. It was one of the largest Christian citadels in northern Russia before it was converted into a Soviet prison and labor camp in 1926 to 1939, and served as a prototype for the camps of the Gulag system.
Solovki Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Solovki Airport is an airport in Russia on the Solovetsky Islands. It is believed to have had a minor Russian Navy presence but primarily serves as a civilian airport for the island.
Jesus (Filippovskaya) pustin
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Jesus (Filippovskaya) pustin is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Sergius Skete.
Saint Sergius Skete
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Sergius Skete is a locality, which is situated 9 km east of Solovetsky.
Solovetsky
- Categories: posyolok and locality
- Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
65.02214° or 65° 1′ 20″ northLongitude
35.71037° or 35° 42′ 37″ eastPopulation
948Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)IATA airport code
CSHUnited Nations Location Code
RU CSHOpen location code
9GQQ2PC6+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 458801985OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
541224Wikidata ID
Q3964446
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Waray—“Solovetsky” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Салавецкі”
- Cebuano: “Solovetsky”
- Chechen: “Соловецки (Архангельскан область)”
- Chechen: “Соловецки”
- Chinese: “Solovetsky”
- Chinese: “索洛维茨”
- Crimean Tatar: “Solovetskiy (Arhangelsk vilâyeti)”
- Crimean Tatar: “Solovetskiy”
- Czech: “Soloveckij”
- Dutch: “Solovetsky”
- Erzya: “Соловецкой”
- French: “Solovetski”
- French: “Solovetsky”
- German: “Solowezki”
- Italian: “Soloveckij”
- Japanese: “ソロヴェツキー”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Solovetsky (Arkhangelsk Chiu)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Solovetsky”
- Norwegian: “Solovetskij”
- Persian: “سولووتسکی (استان آرخانگلسک)”
- Persian: “سولووتسکی”
- Polish: “Sołowieckij”
- Russian: “Соловетский”
- Russian: “Соловецкий (Архангельская область)”
- Russian: “Соловецкий”
- South Azerbaijani: “سولووتایسکای، آرخانقلسک اوبلاستی”
- Spanish: “Solovetski”
- Swedish: “Solovetskij, Archangelsk oblast”
- Swedish: “Solovetskij”
- Ukrainian: “Соловецький”
- Waray (Philippines): “Solovetsky”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Церковь прп. Онуфрия Великого (развалины) and Solovetsky administration.
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