Valaam, Ladoga Lake, Russia
Mount Athos of the North, 'the worthy and great Laura' – so was called this ancient monastic dwelling, which was founded by Saints Sergius (a Greek monk) and German, on Valaam, an archipelago in Ladoga Lake, Russia. First mentions about it date back to the 10th Century.
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(RUmc46) Church of Saint Nicolas the Wonder-Worker
(RUmc45) Monk at Saint Nicolas skete
(RUmc44) The Resurrection skete
(RUmc43) Above and below, The Ascension chapel
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(RUmc41) Gethsemane skete
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(RUmc39) The right way
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(RUmc34) Church of Saint Nicolas the Wonder-Worker
(RUmc33) The Ascension chapel
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(RUmc32) Monastery of the Transfiguration
   
Tikhvin's Bogorodichno-Uspenskij Monastery, Leningrad Region, founded in 1560 on the place of miracle occurrence of Holy Icon of the Mother of God in 1383. Ivan Grozny and his heirs were generous sponsors of the monastery. Nowdays the icon Our Lady of Tikhvin (1st century) is worshipped here.
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(RUmc26) The oldest building in the monastery, was built in XVI century by the Italian architect Frjazin after the model of Uspenski Cathedral in Moscow Kremlin.
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Staraja Ladoga, the oldest city in Russia (1252 years old). It was referred to for the first time in 862 and for a short time was the the capital of Russia. The road "from the Vikings to the Greeks" passed through this town.
 
Monastery of St. Nicholas,  
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(RUmc12) Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Worker, 12th century
   
Church of St. John the Baptist (1695, ex site of the destroyed Ivanovsky Monastery, 1276)
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(RUm11) Winter light on the Church domes
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(RUmc9) Church in summer
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Fortress of Staraya Ladoga, XII century
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(RUmc3) View to the fortress across frozen Volkhov river
(RUmc2) Church Of St. George (1165) - the most ancient stone building remained in the North of Russia.
It was built in honour of the victory of the Russian troops over Swedes.
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