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The Solovetsky Monastery at around 1am.
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Clothing sits on the small pier at the darkest time of the day.
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An old canoe lies in the grass before the Solovetsky Monastery.
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The Monastery’s cupolas at dusk during White Night season.
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The far side of the Solovetsky Island is strewn with rocks, creating a beautiful scene.
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The rocky shore on the other side of the island.
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Rocks and canoes scattered near the open sea as the monastery stands tall in the background.
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People leaving the Solovetsky airport on an overcast day.
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Women with their heads covered look out onto the lake next to the Monastery.
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A canoe left on grass near the Solovetsky Monastery.
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Old military radars hide the cupolas of the monastery.
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Young Russians lying on the beach in Archangelsk, the departure point for the Solovki islands.
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A pension-age Russian woman looking out onto the White Sea.
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A dirt road and home on Solovki island.
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Many people get around the island on bike.
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A woman walking past the Monastery late in the evening.
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The island contains more than just the Monastery.
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Oil for jeeps, motorcycles and possible heating is likely brought over in these containers.
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A bicycle left in front of the monastery.
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Women in dresses and heads covered walk by girls in jeans on the island.
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A close-up of the monastery’s cupolas.
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Russians swimming in front of the monastery late in the evening.
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The pond create a beautiful reflection of the monastery at night.
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A woman walking by a building on the island as a bus stands nearby.
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People walking away from the monastery as the sun sets between its towers.
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A monk in black walking by the white walls of church inside the monastery compound.
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People walking out of a church as a cupola creates a deep shadow on the wall.
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Children playing on the dirt streets on Solovki as homes stand in the background.
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A group heads home for the night as the sun sets.
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Oil barrels lined up in front of a building on Solovki
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Russians going for a dip at night near the monastery.
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Two Russians drawing the photos of the monastery.
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Temperatures don’t get very high on Solovki even in the summer time.
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The monastery has been getting an upgrade, though the work wasn’t completed when I visited.
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Creating a sense of action by moving the lens during the shoot.
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Works repairing one of the cupolas on the monastery grounds.
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A woman reads a book in front of a monastery wall that will soon get an upgrade.
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A wooden fence glows in the sunset light.
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A memorial to those killed from forced labor on the island stands in the lake in front of the monastery.
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An old woman sunbathing on the White Sea shore in Archangelsk.
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Two men chatting as the sun sets over Solovki around 1am
