Because It Has Been Both A Holy Monastery And A Soviet Camp

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Link #i went there this summer #and god this is the most powerful place i've ever seen #i remember this adorable old soviet lady #who told me it was a place both 'beautiful and tragic' #gruesome and precious to every russian #because it has been both a holy monastery and a soviet camp #the genesis of the gulag system #solovki islands #you can only believe in russia #places #the great north land of the dead #sing to the motherland home of the free #churches churches everywhere

Link #i went there this summer #and god this is the most powerful place i've ever seen #i remember this adorable old soviet lady #who told me it was a place both 'beautiful and tragic' #gruesome and precious to every russian #because it has been both a holy monastery and a soviet camp #the genesis of the gulag system #solovki islands #you can only believe in russia #places #the great north land of the dead #sing to the motherland home of the free #churches churches everywhere

Link #i went there this summer #and god this is the most powerful place i've ever seen #i remember this adorable old soviet lady #who told me it was a place both 'beautiful and tragic' #gruesome and precious to every russian #because it has been both a holy monastery and a soviet camp #the genesis of the gulag system #solovki islands #you can only believe in russia #places #the great north land of the dead #sing to the motherland home of the free #churches churches everywhere