Anzer Island
Anzer Island is the second largest island of the Solovetsky archipelago, it's located 5 kilometers north-east of the Bolshoy Solovetsky Island. In Vepsian the name of the island means "very elongated island."
On the Anzer Island you can visit memorial crosses and Sketes, the history of which is closely connected with the royal personages and Patriarch Nikon. Besides, the nature of a sparsely populated northern island is also unlikely to leave you indifferent.
On the Anzer Island you can visit memorial crosses and Sketes, the history of which is closely connected with the royal personages and Patriarch Nikon. Besides, the nature of a sparsely populated northern island is also unlikely to leave you indifferent.
- The temple in honor of the Crucifixion of Christ with a bell tower
- Memorial cross at the Kolguev Cape on the Anzer Island
- Barn with a glacier on the Anzer Island