Island of Valaam on Lake Ladoga in Karelia, 1994

Karelian Autonomous SSR, Soviet Union. A view of the Island of Valaam on Lake Ladoga, the seat of the Valaam Monastery. One of the oldest monasteries, it was founded in the late 14th century. Semyon Maisterman/TASS

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